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    Airframe Family: Bristol 100/200/300 Britannia / CL-28/CP-107 Argus / CL-44/CC-106 Yukon
    Latest Model:175-312F Britannia
    Construction Number:13237
    Last Civil Registration:G-AOVF
    Compressed ID:Bristol 175-312F cn 13237 cr G-AOVF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 175-312F.

    18 December 1957

    First flight.

    2 January 1958

    To British Overseas Airways Corporation with new c/r G-AOVF.

    27 July 1959

    Involved in an incident.
    Damaged at Prestwick, Scotland, when taxying when it collided with a KLM Vickers Viscount.

    4 March 1964

    Loaned to British Eagle International Airlines.
    Markings changed to: FRIENDSHIP

    Circa 1968

    Converted to a 175-312F.

    22 January 1970

    To Monarch Airlines keeping c/r G-AOVF.

    January 1970

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in storage at Luton, U.K.

    16 November 1970

    Moved to London Stansted for storage.

    24 July 1972

    To Donaldson International keeping c/r G-AOVF.
    Markings added: NIKE

    July 1972

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in storage at Coventry, U.K.

    31 October 1972

    To International Aviation Services keeping c/r G-AOVF.

    From Circa November 1972 to Circa December 1973

    Leased to African Safari Airlines.

    April 1976

    Leased to Invicta Ltd.

    19 February 1977


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: G-AOVF Bristol Britannia 312F IAS Cargo Airlines at London Gatwick. The airframe still survives, now painted in RAF marks and preserved at Cosford Aerospace Museum

    3 August 1979

    Leased to Redcoat Air Cargo.

    6 January 1981

    To IAC Cargo with new c/r 9Q-CAZ.

    21 February 1984

    To Merchant Air Ltd with new c/r G-AOVF.

    May 1984

    Placed on display with Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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    December 1985

    Markings Applied: BOAC
    Painted in BOAC colours.

    20 August 2006


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Displayed in BOAC-c/s at Cosford, UK

    20 August 2006


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost

    By 1 September 2011

    Markings Applied: SCHEDAR, ROYAL AIR FORCE AIR SUPPORT COMMAND, XM497

    28 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo taken outside the Royal Air Force Museum in Cosford UK

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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