XL658
SERIES
250 - VARIANT 253 / C mark 1
Constructors
No. 13455 - Production No. 008
Built
at Belfast - First flight 03.12.59 C of A:
Not known
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Built to contract 12829, and
delivered to RAF Transport Command on 4 February
1960. She was allocated to No. 511 Squadron,
serialled XL658, and named 'Adhara'. She was used
within the Britannia pool at RAF Lyneham.
Withdrawn from use by the RAF, XL658 was stored
at RAF Kemble in January 1975 until purchased by
Airline Engineering of Luton on 26 May 1976.
Registered EI-BBY on 18 June 1976 and delivered
to the Intercontinental Meat Company, in the
markings of Interconair at Hurn Airport, on 10
August 1976, named 'Deirdre'. Her career was
short lived. Whilst approaching Shannon Airport
on 30 September 1977, en-route to collect
livestock, EI-BBY crash-landed and caught fire.
Everyone aboard escaped without injury and a
month later in October 1977, EI-BBY was broken up
and scrapped following a career which totalled 20
205.49 flying hours and 8547 landings. |