ATB1943
I have only just seen your post above with the picture of the dismantled Prentice in 1992.
Unless someone repainted mine back in Service colours and the Service number, it isn't G-AOPL.
Which raises the question of how in hell 2 Prentices managed to make it all the way to South Africa! G-AOPL had a few incidents on route, to put it mildly. I would be fascinated to know the history of the one in your picture.
Edit. Guess what, I googled VS609 Prentice and got a whole lot of information; some of it total rubbish on the RAAF Museum site eg:-
"The RAF sold the aircraft in 1956 as G-AOPL and flew from England to South Africa in 16 days in 1957. Flying in South Africa as G-AOPL until 1967, it was then re-registered as ZS-EUS and completely overhauled. After performing an emergency landing on the freeway near Halfway House, Pretoria, in 1968, it became derelict and found it's way to the SAAF Museum."
1967 was the year it arrived in SA, registered as G-AOPL.
Last edited by old,not bold; 10th Jul 2012 at 21:05.