I flew Beverley's at Abingdon several times as a cadet.
I logged my last trip on 20 Aug 1967 in XB287 (must've been shortly before they retired); I and several other senior cadets were asked by the loadmaser to stay in the main hull ( the rest travelled in the tailboom) and as we came into our parking place, he told us to jump out and grab some of the chocks lying there to place under the wheels.
I gathered there was no parking brake.
I happened to drive past Bicester in about 1970 and sadly there were at least 3 Beverleys parked in the south east corner.
Then the week after I started working at Farnborough in March 1974, an RAE crew flew the last remaining example from Luton to Paull.
Last edited by chevvron; 3rd Aug 2022 at 20:17.