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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.2
    Last Military Serial:XM520 RAF
    Construction Number:13514
    Last Civil Registration:9G-CUM
    Compressed ID:Bristol Britannia C.2 sn XM520 RAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lukum Air Service (LUKAS)

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    Dates

    Event

    1959

    Constructed as a Britannia C.2.

    1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XM520.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XM520.

    16 February 1971


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Britannia C.1 XM520, named Arcturus, arrives fat Perth Airport, Western Australia from Singapore

    1975

    To Geminair with new c/r 9G-ACE.

    4 October 1975


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: 9G-ACE : Bristol Britannia Srs.253 - Ex-RAF XM520, one of the first of the RAFs fleet to go for civil conversion for freight work. 9G-ACE was parked at Luton for many months before operating for Geminair.

    1977


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: 1977 photo at Luton in basic RAF colours

    1981

    To Lukum Air Service (LUKAS) with new c/r 9G-CUM.

    July 1986

    Scrapped.
    At Kinshasa.
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