BOAC – British Oversea Airways Corporation – Mk.1s

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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 22nd January 1952
Crashed near Elba 10/1/54

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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-ALYR © Trevor Friend
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-ALYS BAe
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-ALYT BAe
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-ALYU BAe
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-ALYY
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
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