Death Cruiser Flight Crew
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In 1969, both BOAC and Qantas operated through BKK from LHR and onwards to HKG/TYO or SIN/SYD. Between LHR and BKK there were two or three transit stations, which varied according to the day of operation. THR and BAH certainly featured as crew slip stations, also CCU which didn't, apart from the Indian national stewardesses, who had a base there. There was no crew slip in BKK either, in Jan/Feb 1970 when I did a short detachment at BKK Don Muang. This was technically on detachment to the airport handling agents, the Borneo Company (Thailand) Ltd.
Aircraft types were BOAC's 707-436s and Qantas 707-338Bs. I don't recollect the VC10s coming through, although I might be wrong on this.