Great shots, more please
gyp. But what's that Ambassador with the red wings ? I'm sure none survived to be painted in the BEA 'red square' scheme which did feature red wings, so whose is that ? Never seen a shot like that before.
wrt the Canadair, it went by a variety of names/designations. A license-built DC-4 with Merlins it was a DC-4M or C-54GM. The initial batch for the RCAF were unpressurised (square windows) but some were lent to TCA until the pressurised version (round windows) was available. TCA called it the North Star, BOAC called it the Argonaut. When disposed of by BOAC they cascaded to Aden Airways, East African and Overseas (CI).
AFAIK only one remains, in the Ottawa museum.
second thoughts On closer inspection, I think that LHR photo is actually a colourised b/w shot, possibly a postcard (grass is never that green !). The 'artist' probably thought all BEA planes had red wings, although the Ambassadors never did.