Originally Posted by
WHBM
I believe two captains did that, as there was a crew change at Benghazi; the original crew selected for the royal party tour took it from Entebbe to Benghazi, a BOAC refuelling and crew slip point, and then whoever happened to be there at the time onward to London.
The crew change waa at El Adem. Ballantyne handed over to Parker.
East Africa was the domain of the appalling Hermes at the time. The Princess/Queen only wanted 1 stop en route. An Argonaut could carry the 2000kg required payload from El Adem to Nairobi, the Hermes could not that is why an Argonaut was used.
There were therefore obviously no Argonaut pilots slipping in Libya. Also there is no way BOAC would have used randomly slipping pilots. Crews for Royal flights were hand picked
Since found out that Ballantyne anf Millichap flew the El Adem to Nairobi trip and return. Both senior captains