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DC-4 (C-54B) G-ASPM Sen 20Sep67 (1) (Invicta ) RJG
Built as C-54B 42-72438 for the USAAF but not delivered until Jan45, it was stored at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, until purchased by Transocean Air Lines in 1946 as N66644. It was sold to Saudi Arabian Airlines in Jun52 as HZ-AAI and on to British Eagle in Feb64 as G-ASPM, then to Invicta International Airlines in Feb65. The fleet only ever wore Invicta on the cabin roof and I photographed it at Southend on 20Sep67. In 1969 Invicta merged with British Midland but Invicta Airways (1969) was formed a month later and ‘SPM was transferred to it. In Sep72 it was sold to Africair as ZS-IRK and then sold on to WENELA (Witwatersrand Native Labour Association) as A2-AAD. It was re-registered 9Q-CWQ in Mar75 and sold to SGA (Societe General d’Alimentation) in 1976. It was withdrawn at N’djili, Zaire, in 1979 and scrapped around 1984.
Photo: Richard John Goring (Transportraits)
DC-4 (C-54B) G-ASPM Sen 20Sep67 (1) (Invicta ) RJG
Built as C-54B 42-72438 for the USAAF but not delivered until Jan45, it was stored at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, until purchased by Transocean Air Lines in 1946 as N66644. It was sold to Saudi Arabian Airlines in Jun52 as HZ-AAI and on to British Eagle in Feb64 as G-ASPM, then to Invicta International Airlines in Feb65. The fleet only ever wore Invicta on the cabin roof and I photographed it at Southend on 20Sep67. In 1969 Invicta merged with British Midland but Invicta Airways (1969) was formed a month later and ‘SPM was transferred to it. In Sep72 it was sold to Africair as ZS-IRK and then sold on to WENELA (Witwatersrand Native Labour Association) as A2-AAD. It was re-registered 9Q-CWQ in Mar75 and sold to SGA (Societe General d’Alimentation) in 1976. It was withdrawn at N’djili, Zaire, in 1979 and scrapped around 1984.
Photo: Richard John Goring (Transportraits)