BRUCE BELL CONTRIBUTION
No. 2750. Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador Mk.2
(G-AMAD c/n 5211) British European Airways
Photographed at Paris, France, 1954, by Bruce Bell's father
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G-AMAD flew in the BEA-livery until July
1957, when it was sold to BKS of Newcastle, UK. BKS (initials of the
founding directors: Barnby, Keegan and Stevens) retained the name
Elizabethan given by BEA to the type. G-AMAD was withdrawn in October
1967 from passenger service and converted to freighter for use in the
Bloodstock and Cargo Division of BKS. Due to a fatigue failure of a
flap actuating rod attachment it crashed at Heathrow Airport, London,
England, on 3 July 1968, and was subsequently written off. |
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Created June 20, 2003