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CU-T120 - Bristol 253F Britannia - Aerocaribbean
at Prague Airport (PRG) in 1989
This was the world's last operational Bristol Britannia!
The history of this airframe is a complete circle:
c/n 13.508 - built in 1960 for the Royal Air Force and operated as XM496 -
to AFREK as G-BDUP in 1975 -
to AeroCaribbean as CU-T120 in 1990
to Transair Congo as 9Q-CJH in 1993 - re-registered EL-WXA
ferried back to Kemble Coltswold Airport in 1997 and now preserved in full RAF-colours as XM496 again
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
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