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A30yoyo
 
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BOAC at War

The book 'Croydon Airport and the Battle for Britain' (Cluett, Bogle.Learmonth) has an account of the infant BOAC's transfer from Croydon and Heston to Bristol Whitchurch and some very rare photos of Airways aircraft in camouflage back at Croydon in November 1939 to ferry crew and equipment to France for 607 and 615 squadrons

1000 aircraft photos has acquired a set of photos of BOAC aircraft in Egypt in 1944
Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Avro 685 York C.Mk.I
Consolidated 32 LB-30 Liberator Mk.III
Lockheed 18-07 Lodestar
Douglas DC-3

and the (BOAC) fleet's in at Lisbon Portela about October 1943


Aeroporto de Lisboa, Portugal by Biblioteca de Arte-Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, on Flickr
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