Boac Collection (page 3)

Back cover of Merchant Airmen, 1946. Creator: Unknown
Back cover of " Merchant Airmen", 1946. From " Merchant Airmen - The Air Ministry Account of British Civil Aviation, 1939-1944". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1946]

Short Empire flying boat Corinthian, Alexandria, Egypt, c1938-c1941. 42 Empire class flying boats were built by Short Brothers at their factory in Rochester, Kent, the first flying in 1936

Boeing 314 Clipper G-AGBZ BOAC
One of only 12 Boeing 314 Clippers originally built for Pan Am. One of 3 sold to BOAC in 1941, Bristol flew through the war on a route from Ireland to North America via Bermuda. Date: circa 1946

Vickers Super VC10 of BOAC Cunards G-ASGE at JFK, 25 May 65

Boeing 314A Bristol of BOAC taking off

Douglas DC-3 G-AGNG BOAC in flight
Douglas DC-3 G-AGNG of BOAC in flight Date: circa 1950

Vickers VC10 K3 ZA147 101 Squadron RAF ex BOAC Brize Norton
Vickers VC10 K3 ZA147 101 Squadron RAF ex BOAC at Brize Norton, circa 2000 Date: circa 2000

Avro Lancastrian G-AGLW BOAC LAP
BOAC used their Avro Lancastrians on the England to Australia route from May 1945. G-AGLW, named Northampton, was flown until 1950 Date: 1946

Avro Tudor Mk. V G-AKBZ BOAC Stansted
Avro Tudor 5 G-AKBZ was originally built for British South American Airways and named Star Falcon. Used as a fuel freighter during the Berlin Airlift. It was taken on by BOAC in 1949 but never used

Boeing Stratocruiser G-ANUC BOAC London Airport
Originally part of the United Airlines fleet servicing the Hawaii route, the Stratocruisers were sold to BOAC in 1954. This one was renamed Clio and became G-ANUC. Date: 1955

BOAC flying boat 20 April 1946

Short S25 Sunderland III G-AGJO Honduras of BOAC
Short S25 Sunderland III, G-AGJO, Honduras, of BOAC

The first Boeing 707-320C freighter for BOAC

The first Boeing 707 for BOAC

Avro Lancaster BII G-AGJI of BOAC
Avro Lancaster BII, G-AGJI, of BOAC

Canadair C-4 G-ALHK Atalanta of BOAC
Canadair C-4, G-ALHK, Atalanta, of BOAC

de Havilland DH106 Comet 1 G-ALYV of BOAC
de Havilland DH106 Comet 1, G-ALYV, of BOAC. This aircraft disintegrated in India during an exceptionally heavy tropical thunderstorm on 2 May 1953 with the loss of all on board. Date: 1953

de Havilland DH106 Comet 1 G-ALYP of BOAC
de Havilland DH106 Comet 1, G-ALYP, of BOAC. This aircraft operated the first scheduled passenger service of a jet-propelled airliner on 2 May 1952

Piarco Airport Trinidad
Passengers boarding a BOAC 707 aeroplane (as it is being refuelled) at Piarco Airport, Trinidad, West Indies. Date: 1960s

Cover design, BOAC to South Africa by Solent Flying Boat. 20th century

Security expert with latest spy kit
Security expert demonstrating the latest spy kit, including a book and a telephone directory with equipment concealed inside them. Date: 1970s

Vickers 1106 VC-10 (forward view)-BOAC disembarking pas
Passengers disembark from a BOAC VC-10 at London Airport. Date: late 1960s

Short S45 Solent of BOAC over water

Douglas DC-3 G-AGKG BOAC LAP 1949
Douglas DC-3 G-AGKG of BOAC at London Airport in 1949 Date: 1949

Douglas DC-3 G-AGIT BOAC Gothenburg 1946
Douglas DC-3 G-AGIT of BOAC at Gothenburg on 12 May 1946 Date: 1946

Vickers VC10 G-ARVB BOAC LAP 1963
Ff. 130. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Rallus minutus and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDF BOAC tail Istanbul 1959
Close up of tail of De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDF of BOAC at Istanbul on 26 August 1959 Date: 1959

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDE BOAC LAP 1958
De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDE of BOAC at London Airport in December 1958 Date: 1958

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDB BOAC Zurich 1959
De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDB of BOAC at Zurich on 10 June 1959 Date: 1959

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDC BOAC LAP 1958
De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDC of BOAC at London Airport on 2 October1958 Date: 1958

De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDA nose BOAC LAP 1958
De Havilland Comet 4 G-APDA close up of nose in front of BOAC building at London Airport in 1958 Date: 1958

Boeing 707-436 G-APFF BOAC Honolulu 1966
Boeing 707-436 G-APFF of BOAC landing at Honolulu in Hawaii on 8 September 1966 Date: 1966

Boeing 707-436 G-APFF Nigeria Airways - BOAC LAP 1963
Boeing 707-436 G-APFF of Nigeria Airways - BOAC at LAP on 15 May 1963 Date: 1963

Boeing 707-436 G-APFE BOAC Nassau 1965
Boeing 707-436 G-APFE of BOAC at Nassau in the Bahamas on 24 June 1965 Date: 1965

Boeing 707-436 G-APFD BOAC LAP
Close-up of nose of Boeing 707-436 G-APFD of BOAC at London Airport April 1960 Date: 1960

Boeing 707-436 G-APFC BOAC Hong Kong
Boeing 707-436 G-APFC of BOAC at Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong November 1966 Date: 1966

Boeing 707-436 G-APFC BOAC Toronto-Pearson
Boeing 707-436 G-APFC of BOAC at Toronto-Pearson Airport, Malton December 1964 Date: 1964

Boeing 707-436 G-APFB BOAC Nassau
Boeing 707-436 of BOAC at Nassau in the Bahamas December 1967 Date: 1967

Boeing 707-436 G-APFB BOAC at London Airport
Boeing 707-436 G-APFB of BOAC landing at London Airport in November 1960 Date: 1960

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