Built as part of contract 15527, and wheeled out of the production hangar on 25 January 1960, she was allocated to No. 511 Squadron on 8 February 1960 named 'Capella'. XM519 went to 99 and 511 Squadrons pool on 28 November 1960 at RAF Lyneham. Withdrawn from use by the RAF this aircraft was repainted by Marshall's of Cambridge and stored at RAF Kemble from November 1975 with 18 815.45 hours and 8637 landings logged. Sold to Airline Engineering of Luton on 13 February 1976 and registered G-BDUR on 31 March 1976 and Afrek took delivery on 2 July 1976.

Withdrawn from use and stored at Athens, Greece prior to being purchased by Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd once more, on 30 July 1984 and ferried to Luton for overhaul. Purchased by the Cuban Airline, Aero Caribbean, in August 1984, she was re-registered CU-T121. This aircraft was initially in open storage at Havana, Cuba and due to the lack of spares was no longer operated, finally being broken up.