Originally Posted by
twentygrand
The camouflaged Beverley is 149 - I know because I was flying it for the photo! This was the first one in this colour scheme which I picked up from St. Athan before ferrying it to Aden. You can see that the paint is new by the lack of heavy exhaust marks on the wings. We flew in formation with an Argosy so they could photograph us against a variety of backgrounds.
I've a lot of Bev slides in the attic - I'll see if I can root a few out!
149's cockpit still exists in the Newark Air Museum.
Wonderful to have the actual pilot from that sortie on this forum. Do you happen to know the exact date of the sortie? I would guess sometime in mid-'66 perhaps? The first camo. Beverley I saw was XM111 coded 'D' of 47 Squadron which made us unexpecting enthusiasts very excited to see a camouflaged Bev turn up at Filton during Bristol's Air Day on 18th June 1966.