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BOAC – British Oversea Airways Corporation – Mk.1s<\/p>\n

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BOAC G-APDL Image <\/em>Author<\/em><\/p>\n

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G-ALYP a\/f 6003<\/p>\n

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Mk.1<\/p>\n

Registered 18\/09\/1951 to de Havilland Aircraft Company<\/p>\n

First production Comet for BOAC<\/p>\n

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Initially used for development, training and route proving before the inaugural jet service to Jo,burg. SA on 22nd<\/span><\/sup> January 1952<\/p>\n

Crashed near Elba <\/a> 10\/1\/54<\/p>\n

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G-ALYP Author<\/em><\/p>\n

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G-ALYR a\/f 6004<\/p>\n

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Mk 1<\/p>\n

Registered 18\/09\/1951 to de Havilland Aircraft Company<\/p>\n

Delivered to BOAC 17\/05\/52<\/p>\n

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Damaged<\/a> beyond repair at Calcutta, India 25\/7\/53.<\/p>\n

Structure returned to UK and airframe used for structural testing by RAE, Farnborough<\/p>\n

Scraped 31\/03\/1955<\/p>\n

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G-ALYR\u00a0<\/em>\u00a9 Trevor Friend\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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G-ALYS a\/f 6005<\/p>\n

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Mk 1<\/p>\n

Registered 18\/09\/1951 to de Havilland Aircraft Company<\/p>\n

Delivered to BOAC\u00a0 04\/02\/52<\/p>\n

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Transferred to RAE in Jan. 1955 for systems testing.<\/p>\n

Broken up the same year<\/p>\n

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G-ALYS BAe<\/em><\/p>\n

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G-ALYT a\/f 6006<\/p>\n

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Mk 1<\/p>\n

Registered 29\/11\/1951 to Ministry of Supply<\/p>\n

Delivered to Ministry of Supply 1\/3\/52 and then leased to BOAC from July 1953. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Returned to MoS in Sept. 53. Used to develop Avon engines and for test flying <\/span><\/p>\n

Transferred to RAF Halton for ground training in June 1959 and broken up in Sept. 1967. <\/span><\/p>\n

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G-ALYT BAe<\/em><\/p>\n

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G-ALYU a\/f 6007<\/p>\n

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Mk 1<\/p>\n

Registered 13\/12\/1951 to de Havilland<\/p>\n

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Following accidents was bought by RAE in April 1954 for testing purposes<\/p>\n

Broken up\u00a0 in 1963 and fuselage used for passenger escape trials at Pengham Moors.<\/p>\n

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G-ALYU BAe<\/em><\/p>\n

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G-ALYV a\/f 6008<\/p>\n

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Mk 1<\/p>\n

Registered\u00a0 09\/04\/1952 to de Havilland<\/p>\n

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Delivered to BOAC in April 1952<\/p>\n

Crashed Calcutta, India May 1953<\/p>\n

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G-ALYW a\/f 6009<\/p>\n

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Mk 1<\/p>\n

Registered\u00a0 25\/02\/1952 to de Havilland<\/p>\n

Delivered to BOAC June 1952<\/p>\n

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Dismantled in 1955 and fuselage eventually converted to Nimrod mock-up.<\/p>\n

XV238 was stored at RAF Abingdon, Oxforshire for a while.<\/p>\n

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G-ALYX a\/f 6010<\/p>\n

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Mk 1<\/p>\n

Registered\u00a0 09\/07\/1952 to de Havilland<\/p>\n

Delivered to BOAC July 1952\u00a0but was bought back in June 1954<\/p>\n

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Taken over by the Ministry of Supply for testing. Dismantled in June 1955<\/p>\n

Nose section at RAF Lasham<\/p>\n

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G-ALYY a\/f 6011<\/p>\n

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Mk 1<\/p>\n

Registered\u00a0 10\/09\/1952 to de Havilland<\/p>\n

Delivered to BOAC September 1952<\/p>\n

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Crashed nr. Stromboli into Tyrrhenian Sea in April 1954<\/p>\n

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G-ALYY<\/em><\/p>\n

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G-ALYZ a\/f 6012<\/p>\n

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Mk 1<\/p>\n

Registered\u00a0 23\/09\/1952 to de Havilland<\/p>\n

Last of original batch delivered to BOAC in September 1952<\/p>\n

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Crashed on take-off from Ciampino, Rome\u00a0 October 1952<\/p>\n

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G-ALYZ<\/em><\/p>\n

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BOAC – Comet 4s that saw service – click on CN number for more information\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

G-APDA 6401<\/a>\u00a0 G-APDB 6403\u00a0<\/a> G-APDC 6404<\/a> G-APDD 6405<\/a> G-APDE 6406<\/a> G-APDF 6407<\/a>\u00a0 G-APDG 6427<\/a> G-APDH 6409<\/a>\u00a0 G-APDI 6428<\/a> G-APDJ 6429\u00a0<\/a> G-APDK 6412<\/a> G-APDL 6413<\/a> G-APDM 6414<\/a>\u00a0 G-APDN 6415<\/a> G-APDO 6416<\/a> G-APDP 6417<\/a>\u00a0 G-APDR 6418<\/a> G-APDS 6419<\/a> G-APDT 6420<\/a><\/p>\n

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BOAC – British Oversea Airways Corporation – Mk.1s

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