'Pionair' days - several of the wartime BOAC Dakotas later saw service with BEA in the Pionair class. Here G-AGHL "Lanoe Hawker" takes on baggage at Ronaldsway for a mainland route in the mid fifties.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

Another wartime casualty was BOAC Dakota G-AGFZ which was not repaired following this accident at Bromma near Stockholm on 21.4.44.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

Formerly with Allied Airways, Rapide G-AGDM served with Airviews postwar and actually gave the editor his first flight.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Flamingo G-AFYI was flown in the Middle East by BOAC during the war but was written off at Adana in Turkey on 13.9.42 as this shot almost certainly depicts. Although several survived the war only G-AFYH acquired a post-war C of A, having first been diverted from the BOAC batch to the Fleet Air Arm as BT312.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: De Havilland Flamingo / D.H.95 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1938