Thanks Dave - I noted that before I posted and also that Air Britain stated that OO-XAL continued its flight to Darwin after the engine change was completed. Well one would think perhaps
not after a month or more AOG and pax already carried to Darwin and Sydney by OO-XAK. As to where OO-XAL finally ended up is quite rightly open to debate. Either way it was struck off the Register 29.10.48. The whole outfit sounds so dodgy that I wouldn't be at all surprised that they decided to cut their losses and sell the damaged aircraft for scrap at Bovingdon.
However after another glass of wine: According to this (scroll down) it was flown Brussels - Cairo 1st-2nd October 1948.
http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads...tirling.14370/