LV-AGV de Havilland DH 89A RAPIDE c/n 6399

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LV-AGV de Havilland DH 89A RAPIDE c/n 6399
G-AFEN, Sir William Firth, Heston (of steel-maker Richard Thomas & Co Ltd). [CofR 8312] 13.4.38
 - CofA 6256 issued 25.4.38.
 - regn cld 12.38 as sold abroad.
VQ-PAC, Palestine Airways, Jerusalem 21.9.39 
 - Regn cld 1.8.40.
Z7188, RAF Impressed in Middle East 1.7.40.
- Lydda Communications Flight.
G-AFEN, Secretary of State for Air for operation by BOAC at Heliopolis for Genl Gifford. 25.7.40
 - CofA renewed 9.8.40.
 - Flown Cairo-Lagos 12/15.8.40;
 - still at Lagos 8.41.
 - Returned to Heliopolis, regn not cld
HK864, RAF impressed 17.2.42.
 - 173 Squadron, Heliopolis 6.9.42.
 - Iraq & Persia Communications Flt 24.10.42.
 - Acquired by Anglo Iranian Oil Co Ltd 11.45;
 - but when their chief pilot turned up at AHQ Iraq, the sale was denied! PSOC 1.1.47.
TJ-AAI, regn reserved, not taken up.
 - Reportedly bought by Arab Airways Association Ltd, Transjordan 22.10.46
 - Sold by Secretary of State for Air to WA Rollason Ltd. 19.3.47
G-AFEN, WA Rollason Ltd, Croydon. 21.4.47
 - CofA renewed 18.11.48.
 - Regn cld 30.12.48 as sold in South America.
LV-AGV, ZONDA - Zonas Oeste y Norte de Aerolíneas Argentinas 23.3.49
 - operated by COTAMA - Compañía Transportes Aéreos Mediterránea Argentina Centro, Córdoba. (ZONDA was taken over by Aerolineas Argentinas 5.49 but acft remained operated by COTAMA.)
 - Ministerio de Transportes 05.01.54
 - TAASA - Taxis Aéreos Argentinos Sociedad Anónima 07.05.57
 - Febo Doral & A Sayanes, Buenos Aires, Sept 61
 - CofA lapsed 29.4.60.
 - Still regd 5.67.
(Note: No connection to 4X-ACN as sometimes reported).