c/n 722  V.951  /  V.953  /  V.953C Merchantman

Ordered by British European Airways Corporation 20 July 1956 as a Type V.951
Registered to British European Airways Corporation  9 September 1957 as G-APET.
( Certificate of Registration R.6145 / 1 )
Re-registered  as a Type V.953  23 November 1959.   Rolled out at Brooklands 19 January 1962
First flew from Brooklands to Wisley Airfield, Surrey, England  1 February 1962
Certificate of Airworthiness issued 21 February 1962.
Delivered to British European Airways Corporation 23 February 1962 named  " Temeraire "

G-APET BEA Red Square livery                                                         Heathrow circa 1962
Photo source : Peter Upton Collection

Converted to Merchantman standard by  BEA at Heathrow Airport from xx-xx-1972.
Registered as a V.953C Merchantman xx-xx-1972
Repainted into  BEA  Flying Jack CARGO livery
Entered service xx- October 1972.

Stored until June 1984.
Registered to Field Enterprises Ltd  18 June 1984.  ( Certificate of Registration G-APET / R4 )
Painted in the red-white-black livery after major overhaul.    Name " Temeraire " resurrected.
Registered to Air Bridge Carriers Ltd 30 July 1984 ( Certificate of Registration G-APET / R5 )

G-APET Air Bridge Carriers                                                                         
At an unknown location March 1986                      Photo source : Ed Jones Collection

G-APET Interim British airways cargo  -  parked at the British Airways European
Division maintenance area at Hatton Cross, Heathrow Airport 10 December 1979
just 3 days before operating a final BA flight from Milan, Italy.              
                                                                                          Photographer : Steve Fitzgerald

To British Airways Cargo Division 31 July 1973.
 Registered to British Airways Board  1 April 1974.
( Certificate of Registration R.6145 / 2 )

British airways cargo

Interim livery

G-APET Air Bridge Carriers ( stored )                            East Midlands 6 February 1982
Photo source : Peter Upton Collection

Operated final BA flight from Milan, Italy - Heathrow  13 December 1979.       TT.35,978  ( 35,976 )  hrs, 25,322 ldgs



Registered to Air Bridge Carriers Ltd as Chartered 4 January 1980  ( Certificate of Registration G-APET / R3 )
Delivered to East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire, England  5 January 1980 and placed into storage.

Withdrawn from use  4 July 1991 at East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire, England.  TT. 35,978 hrs.
Certificate of Airworthiness expired  6 July 1991
Air Bridge Carriers Ltd re-named Hunting Cargo Airlines Ltd 15 August 1992
Donated to the Airport Fire Service  December 1992.
Noted at East Midlands Airport Fire Dump without fin, tailplane and engines 25 August 1995.
Registration G-APET cancelled as Permanently Withdrawn From Use  7 November 1996.                                                            

G-APET  East Midlands Airport Fire Service 25 August 1995      
                                                                                                  Photographer : Ian Haskell

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G-APET BEA Flying Jack CARGO livery
Dusseldorf circa 1973                                                  Photo source : Wolfgang Mendorf