Italian Air Force Agusta-Bell 47J-2A MM80417 at Paris Le Bourget on the 19th June 1965 (Photo: R.A. Scholefield)
This aircraft was 'borrowed' by Agusta (while in the service of the Italian Air Force) as one of several 'J2A' demonstrators and was seen here at the 1965 Paris Air Show where it was bought by my godfather on behalf of the Ferranti Electronics Group.
A month after this photo was taken it was registered to Ferranti as G-ATFV and remained with them until December 1969 when the craft was sold to Overhill Estates of Bolney in Sussex.
In 1971 she experienced a four year hiatus as she sojourned in Zambia flying as 9J-ACX until returning to the UK in 1975 when she was registered to Autair of Luton.
After Autair she went on to be owned variously by the 'Travel Centre' in Norwich, Air Anglia also of Norwich, 'GSM Helicopters' of Ripon in Yorkshire and eventually Alexander Warren & Co. of Bridgnorth in Shropshire before being retired from the register in 1992 (though I suspect she had probably stopped flying before then).