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1961
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FLIGHT, 30 March 1961 The airline's launches at Poole were manned by women crews. . . 407 . . . but women were noticeably absent from the corporation's routes through Islam.Arab passengers are here being seen off in a BOA C Lodestar at Jeddah. The corporation's operations in the Middle East did much to sustain British influence in the area duringthe war years Sunderlands were introduced to supplementthe flying-boat fleet. With military insignia, but with the Speedbird emblem on the nose, SunderlandG for George taxies for take-off at Poole, en route to India . . . . . . Lord Wavell, the Viceroy second from left),having just embarked Beneath their rough military exterior, these Sunderlands were quite lavishly equipped The Boeing 314 A flying boats, purchased from Pan AmericanAirways in 1941, flew services between Britain and West Africa. Between every round trip they returned toBaltimore for servicing. An irregular transatlantic service thus began. Here, the Boeing 314 "Bristol"unloads freight from the United States at Lagos . . . . . . and in the sister-boat "Berwick" Sir Winston (thenMr) Churchill made his first transatlantic flight, returning from Washington early in 1942. Expected by sea, hisarrival by air several days early was a security gambit. Not surprisingly, the captain's log makes no mention ofthis very, very important passenger Captains seconded from BO AC were instrumental instarting the Atlantic ferry service, flying Lockheed Hudson from the United States, through Canada, late in 1940.Though these deliveries later became an RAF responsibility, BO AC operated from 1941 a return ferry service withten converted Liberator bombers, flying back the delivery crews to North America. This scene at Montreal is typicalof the conditions under which these unpressurized aircraft operated Liberators continued to operate non-commercial servicesover the Atlantic, carrying official passengers, freight and mail, until 1946, when the 2,000th return ferry flightwas logged. Capt Donald Anderson chats with a lady passenger after completing the flight
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