I am doing some research for a model of the prototype Vickers Vanguard, G-AOYW, but cannot find any COLOUR photographs anywhere!
This aircraft flew from Wisely on 20th January 1959 but does not appear to have gone anywhere to be photographed. The first Vanguard seen in public was G-APEA that appeared at the Paris Air Show in June 1959 in the early BEA peony red livery. BEA then changed their livery and G-APEB made its debut in this new scheme at Farnborough in September 1959.
But what of G-AOYW? She ended up being scrapped at Wisely in 1964 but surely SOMEONE has a colour photo of her and Vickers must have taken some? I believe the trim was black and the belly and wings were in a duck-egg blue colour, but I need a colour photo to define this colour - can you help?
