Delivered to BOAC as G-AOIB in 1956. To Saturn Airways as N90802 in 1964. To other operators from 1970 then to T&G Aviation in 1979 and converted to a firebomber. To Basaer Baquero Servicios Aereos as EC-888 in 1995. Reregistered as EC-GGB in 1996. Withdrawn from use at Cordoba, Spain in 2000. Scrapped in 2010. Nose section to Montelimar, France for preservation.

Tanker 115 was owned by T & G Aviation at the time.

Later EC-888 and EC-GGB

This frame was originally G-AOIB with BOAC. In Mar 64 it became N90802 with F B Ayer. A month later it joined Saturn Airways. It went on to operate with several companies including International Aerodyne, Jolly Voyager Travel Club, Aero Union, La Grande Air Service and, from May 79, T&G Aviation. It was acquired by Basaer in Aug 95, initially as EC-888. Re-reg EC-GGB Oct 96. Broken up into several sections by 2010. The nose section went to an aviation museum in Montelimar, France.

Framed by sister tanker N9734Z on the right. Both of these DC-7Cs started life with European flag carriers: N90802 with BOAC as G-AOIB and N9734Z as SE-CCF with SAS.

Back at its home base at the end of the fire-bombing season. A week earlier it had been tackling fires in California, operating from Lancaster-Fox Field. Traces of its original BOAC paintwork and "Seven Seas" titling were just visible beneath the cockpit.

Landing after a fire-fighting sortie.

Originally G-AOIB of BOAC. Operated by T & G as N90802 from 05.79 to 08.95, latterly as a tanker. To EC-GGB.

Ex BOAC G-AOIB seen in the livery of one of the many travel clubs of the period. Later regns were EC-888 and EC-GGB.