sadly one of the a/c crashed at SFO inbound from HNL its last leg
report
BCPA Flight 304 accident investigation report - Wikisource, the free online library
photos and articles on the crash
BCPA Flight 304
http://flightoftheresolution.org/index.html
a famous pianist was amongst the pax killed william kapell.
After the crash, BCPA ran into financial difficulties and was liquidated in May of 1954. BCPA's remaining three DC-6 aircrafts were sold to TEAL (now Air New Zealand) and its trans-Pacific route was taken over by Qantas.
(called the southern cross route)
Today, the crash site is part of the "El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve", which now includes the "Resolution Trail", named for the plane. Debris from the plane can still be seen beside this trail.
some more archive material of the airline and a push to save BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PACIFIC AIRLINES
DOUGLAS DC-6 VH-BPG named Adventure by the Q.A.M
C/N 43127
QUEENSLAND AIR MUSEUM - DOUGLAS DC-6 VH-BPG