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Short S.29 Stirling V

 

 
Date: 05/1947

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: collection Guy Gudenkauf

Description: Trans-Air second ex bomber Stirling wearing the full 'colors'. It was the first one to arrive at Melsbroek on May 25 1947 and served the airline from June 13 1947 until taken over by another Belgian company Air Transport Company on October 27 1947. It left for Cairo on August 7 1948, ended up with the Egyptian Air Force and was officially cancelled on October 2 1948..

 

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