hangininon747
Just found this thread and can offer some info. BEA had operated the German Internal services with Viscounts up until 1968, but planned an all BAC111 service from 1969 onwards. Over the winter of 68-69 most of the Viscount crews had to go on conversion courses to the 111 so to keep the schedules going Comet 4Bs operated most services, the Comets having been replaced on their traditional Eastern Mediterranean routes by Tridents. My logbook shows the first flight I operated into Berlin was on 27th August of 1968. Unfortunately we had to divert to Tegel as Tempelhof was reporting "Nil Braking Action", I guess in August that must have been due very heavy rain. We operated throughout the winter, and the last one I operated was on 8th May 1969 when I operated into Tempelhof from Munich and out again direct to London Heathrow.