G-ALYP a/f 6003

Mk.1

Registered 18/09/1951 to de Havilland Aircraft Company

First production Comet for BOAC

Initially used for development, training and route proving before the inaugural jet service to Jo,burg. SA on 22^nd January 1952

Crashed near Elba 10/1/54

G-ALYR a/f 6004

Mk 1

Registered 18/09/1951 to de Havilland Aircraft Company

Delivered to BOAC 17/05/52

Damaged beyond repair at Calcutta, India 25/7/53.

Structure returned to UK and airframe used for structural testing by RAE, Farnborough

Scraped 31/03/1955

G-ALYS a/f 6005

Mk 1

Registered 18/09/1951 to de Havilland Aircraft Company

Delivered to BOAC  04/02/52

Transferred to RAE in Jan. 1955 for systems testing.

Broken up the same year

G-ALYT a/f 6006

Mk 1

Registered 29/11/1951 to Ministry of Supply

Delivered to Ministry of Supply 1/3/52 and then leased to BOAC from July 1953.

Returned to MoS in Sept. 53. Used to develop Avon engines and for test flying

Transferred to RAF Halton for ground training in June 1959 and broken up in Sept. 1967.

G-ALYU a/f 6007

Mk 1

Registered 13/12/1951 to de Havilland

Following accidents was bought by RAE in April 1954 for testing purposes

Broken up  in 1963 and fuselage used for passenger escape trials at Pengham Moors.

G-ALYV a/f 6008

Mk 1

Registered  09/04/1952 to de Havilland

Delivered to BOAC in April 1952

Crashed Calcutta, India May 1953

G-ALYW a/f 6009

Mk 1

Registered  25/02/1952 to de Havilland

Delivered to BOAC June 1952

Dismantled in 1955 and fuselage eventually converted to Nimrod mock-up.

XV238 was stored at RAF Abingdon, Oxforshire for a while.

G-ALYX a/f 6010

Mk 1

Registered  09/07/1952 to de Havilland

Delivered to BOAC July 1952 but was bought back in June 1954

Taken over by the Ministry of Supply for testing. Dismantled in June 1955

Nose section at RAF Lasham

G-ALYY a/f 6011

Mk 1

Registered  10/09/1952 to de Havilland

Delivered to BOAC September 1952

Crashed nr. Stromboli into Tyrrhenian Sea in April 1954

G-ALYZ a/f 6012

Mk 1

Registered  23/09/1952 to de Havilland

Last of original batch delivered to BOAC in September 1952

Crashed on take-off from Ciampino, Rome  October 1952