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Old 5th Jan 2021, 12:25
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Originally Posted by Warmtoast
I was with 99 Sqn which flew Britannia's from 1959 onwards and one of the RAF Britannias had the name 'Canopus'. This was XN404 a C.Mk 2 and I see from my log book that I first flew in this on 20th October 1959.
Two photos of Brit XN404 courtesy raf-transport-command-veterans and XM496.com
Just spotted a great photo of 404 on the AHB Twitter feed:

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