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G-ALEF

Handley Page 61 Halifax 8
c/n 1399
Entered Service	First flew 11th July 1945 with the RAF as PP337 Purchased by Eagle Aviation Ltd from Vingtor Airways (Norway) as LN-OAT on the 9th October 1948.
Left Service	Withdrawn from service and broken up at Luton, Bedfordshire in January 1950
Named	"Red Eagle" due to its colour.
History	This was the second aircraft that Eagle Aviation Ltd aquired. This was the last but one Halifax built. The RAF sold it to Vingtor Airways in June 1947 but it was not delivered. It was involved in a landing accident at Fuhlsbuttel in the spring of 1949 whilst taking part in the Berlin airlift. It was rebuilt and continued in service until it was withdrawn in 1950.
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