When I was a lad, Scottish Aviation started to drag ex-RAF Yorks out of the MU at Silloth in order to refurbish them for my local airline, Scottish Airlines. They were to be used on trooping contracts.
Eight aircraft arrived at Prestwick in total. Seven of them entered service but no less than five of them were written off in a period of about 3 years! Sadly, two of them involved fatalaties.