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069. XR395 deHavilland DH106 Comet C.4 Royal Air Force LHR 02SEP63

Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 29-Jan-15, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 07-Mar-23.

 

In the background, a Japan Airlines DC-8, a Skyways Avro York and a Pakistan International Super Constellation.

 

First flown in Nov-61, this aircraft was delivered to the RAF Royal Air Force serialled XR395 in Jun-62. It was transferred to RAF Maintenance Unit (60 MU) in Jul-75.

 

The aircraft was sold to Dan-Air Services as G-BDIT in Aug-75 and was stored at Dan-Air's maintenance base at Lasham, UK in Oct-80. They sold it to a 'D Arnold' in Jun-81 and it was moved to Blackbushe, UK for further storage. The aircraft was broken up at Blackbushe in Jul-84.

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Uploaded on March 10, 2023
Taken on September 2, 1963