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DC-4 (C-54E) G-ASPN Sen 28May65 (Invicta) RJG
Built as C-54A 42-72232 and delivered to the USAAF in Jul44, it was passed immediately to the US Navy as Bu39715. It was sold to Transocean Air Lines in 1946 as N49288, leased to Pakair Sep48-49 as AP-ADL and sold to Saudi Arabian Airlines in Jun52 as HZ-AAG and on to British Eagle in Feb64 as G-ASPN, then to Invicta International Airlines in Feb65. The fleet only ever wore Invicta on the cabin roof and I photographed it at Southend on 28May65.
In 1969 Invicta merged with British Midland but Invicta Airways (1969) was formed a month later and ‘SPN was transferred to it. In Apr72 it was sold to Africair as ZS-IRE and then sold on to WENELA (Witwatersrand Native Labour Association) as A2-ZGU. It was re-registered 9Q-CWP and sold to SGA (Societe General d’Alimentation) in 1976. It was withdrawn at N’djili, Zaire, in Apr81, but reported sold to GLM Aviation in 1986 and scrapped around the same time.
Photo: Richard John Goring (Transportraits)
DC-4 (C-54E) G-ASPN Sen 28May65 (Invicta) RJG
Built as C-54A 42-72232 and delivered to the USAAF in Jul44, it was passed immediately to the US Navy as Bu39715. It was sold to Transocean Air Lines in 1946 as N49288, leased to Pakair Sep48-49 as AP-ADL and sold to Saudi Arabian Airlines in Jun52 as HZ-AAG and on to British Eagle in Feb64 as G-ASPN, then to Invicta International Airlines in Feb65. The fleet only ever wore Invicta on the cabin roof and I photographed it at Southend on 28May65.
In 1969 Invicta merged with British Midland but Invicta Airways (1969) was formed a month later and ‘SPN was transferred to it. In Apr72 it was sold to Africair as ZS-IRE and then sold on to WENELA (Witwatersrand Native Labour Association) as A2-ZGU. It was re-registered 9Q-CWP and sold to SGA (Societe General d’Alimentation) in 1976. It was withdrawn at N’djili, Zaire, in Apr81, but reported sold to GLM Aviation in 1986 and scrapped around the same time.
Photo: Richard John Goring (Transportraits)