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    Airframe Family: Bristol 100/200/300 Britannia / CL-28/CP-107 Argus / CL-44/CC-106 Yukon
    Latest Model:Britannia C.1
    Last Military Serial:XM496 RAF
    Construction Number:13508
    Last Civil Registration:EL-WXA
    Compressed ID:Bristol Britannia C.1 sn XM496 RAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bristol Britannia XM496 Preservation Society, Kemble Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1960

    Constructed as a 175-253.

    24 August 1960

    First flight.

    19 September 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XM496 as a Britannia C.1.

    31 March 1976

    To Afrek Ltd with new c/r G-BDUP.

    13 August 1984

    To Aerocaribbean with new c/r CU-T120.

    1989


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: CU-T120 - Bristol 253F Britannia - Aerocaribbeanat Prague Airport (PRG) in 1989

    21 April 1994

    To Transair Cargo with new c/r 9Q-CJH.

    1997


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: 1997 photo at Lanseria Airport (HLA) - made the last ever Britannia flight when she flew into Kemble Cotswold Airport on 14th October 1997

    April 1997

    To Transair Cargo with new c/r EL-WXA.

    14 October 1997

    Last flight.
    Flown from Lansera to Kemble via Douala and Majorca, making the last ever flight of a Bristol Britannia.

    By June 1998

    To Bristol Britannia XM496 Preservation Society, Kemble Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England.
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    2009


    Photographer: Andy West

    9 May 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2010 Kemble Great Vintage Flying Weekend

    24 October 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Bristol Britannia - Still preserved at Kemble in October 2013
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Andrew Appleton
    John Bennett
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