G-ALYP de havilland D.H.106 Comet 1
(c/n 6003)
Here
is the ill fated first production Comet 1 in formation with the two
prototypes (G-ALVG,
c/n 6001 in the middle and and
G-ALZK, c/n 6002 on the starboard echelon)
. G-ALYP broke
apart in the over Elba, Italy on 10 January 1954.
G-ALVG was used
for structural testing and was eventually broken up in July 1953.
G-ALZK was
scrapped in March 1957.