Reference has been made to the following publications and organisations :-
Vickers Turbine Transports - LAAS International Publication
February 1974
BAC and Vickers - Lundkvist Aviation Research Inc
December 1980
Vickers Viscount and Vanguard - Air Britain
August 1981
Airliner Production List - Aviation Data Centre
1985
Vickers Aircraft since 1908 - C. F. Andrews & E. B. Morgan
1988
A History of Airlines in Canada - John Blatherwick
1989
Encyclopedia of Airlines in Africa - Ben R. Guttery
1998
British Independent Airlines 1946-1976 - The Aviation Hobby Shop
December 2000
Turbo Prop Airliner Production List - The Aviation Hobby Shop
Various
Vickers Viscount and Vanguard - Malcolm L. Hill
2004
Propliner - The Aviation Hobby Shop
Various
Airlines - The Aviation Hobby Shop
Various
Civil Aviation Authority -Air Registration Board
Air International, Air Pictorial, Airliner World, Flight, Aviation Letter
Various
Airliners - Bill Mellberg Autumn 1993
Highly Recommended Reading :-
i) Pigott, Peter; National Treasure - The History of Trans-Canada Air Lines; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, B.C., Canada; 2001; pp 401 - 409. An excellent account of TCA's experience operating the Vanguard, including teething troubles and operational idiosyncrasies. ii) Trubshaw, Brian; Brian Trubshaw - Test Pilot; Sutton Publishing, Guildford, U.K.; 1998; Chapt. 8 The Vickers Vanguard, pp 47 - 53. Another excellent account from the horse's mouth outlining the Vanguard's passage from test flying to certification.