<p>c/n 12472.
Built February 1944.
Allocated US military serial 42-92648 but delivered directly to the RAF as KG437. Flew with 233sqn and saw action over Arnhem in September 1944 as part of operation ‘Market-Garden’.
Sold to BOAC in 1946, becoming G-AGYX. Later flew with BEA, Autair and United Libyan Airlines. Finally became 5N-ATA in Sudan, but by 1984 she was stored in Malta. Purchased in 1991 for use as a Bistro attraction and airframe dismantled. Eventually passed to the RAF Museum and nose restored by the Medway Aircraft Preservation Society, arriving at Hendon in January 2006.
Seen on display in the Bomber Command Hall at the RAF Museum, Hendon, London, UK.
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28th May 2016
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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