VP-TBB
(1) Vickers 657 Viking 1
(c/n 137)
VP-TBB was one of the second
batch of Vikings acquired by BWIA from BEA in 1950, and
allotted the registration originally reserved for
the non-starting Sealand. At that
time most of the
colonial airlines became
subsidiaries of BOAC and that is reflected in their liveries. Other
examples
of this
BOAC-ization are Bahamas Airways, Central African Airways and Hong Kong
Airways,
although there are many
more. Most airliners were given names. This one was "RMA "Bahamas".
It returned
to the UK as G-AHPE and was broken up for
spares at Southend in 1961.