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de Havilland DH.114 Heron 2B G-AORG
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 No: 14141   Contributor: Peter Langsdale   Year: 2011   Manufacturer: de Havilland   Country: United Kingdom
de Havilland DH.114 Heron 2B G-AORG

Photographed on 22 May 2011 at Airbase, Coventry. Note the lack of propellers. C/n 14101. Ex-G-5-16(2).
Long-time restoration as "Duchess of Brittany", name when originally delivered in May 1956 to Jersey Airlines (later Royal Navy as XR441).
This was the first Jersey Airlines aircraft to carry a stewardess and coffee and biscuits were served from a small galley at the rear of the ‘plane.
Picture added on 10 July 2011 at 08:18
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Airbase, Baginton, Coventry, UK
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Former RAF serial XR441. Reported in January 2012 as having engines running, and due back in Jersey later in the year.

Added by Peter Langsdale on 25 January 2012.
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