Decca titles on nose. Later ZK-DFC. Broken up at West Malling in 1974

256H is a Paris airshow number. Built in 1947. Registered as NC152B, N152B, YI-ABY, N4929V in 1955, G-ARIA in 1961 and F-GFDP in 1987. Cancelled from the register in 2021.

Registered as G-AWVK in 1968, N1035S in 1969, G-AWVK in 1974 and G-RAVL in 1986. Used as a ground trainer at Cranfield from 1990. Moved to the Sywell Aviation Museum in 2021.

On overhaul at its Biggin Hill base. Registration cancelled on export to the USA November 1976 as N206UP.

Photo via G. Bouma

Built in1947. Ex N4929V, YI-ABY, N152B, NC152B. Registration cancelled on 27 March 1987 on sale to France as F-GFDP. Eventual fate is not known.

Originally with BEA, and spent some 3 years as CN-MAK as a royal transport before going to Decca in 1963. Broken up in 1973/74 after being allocated ZK-DFC but never exported.

Previously with the RAF as TX201 and it was registered to Decca from 1953 to 1962 when they sold it to Derby Aviation/British Midland. Later it was sold again and spent some time as an aerial survey aircraft until the C of A expired in 1973. Last known of stored in poor condition at Bruntingthorpe in December 1983.

Decca titles on nose

Decca titles on nose

A rare Percival Prince preserved in poor condition in Frank Motter's Thunder Air Museum. In the 1960s this aircraft flew for the Decca Navigator Company as G-ALWH (faded titles still clearly visible on the nose). Sold to the USA in Nov 1976 and left Biggin Hill, UK on delivery on 23 Mar 1977. It last flew in 1978 and was stored at Van Nuys, CA. It went through several owners without ever leaving there, before ending up in the hands of Frank Motter in early 2009. It was dismantled at Van Nuys in Feb 2009 and trucked to the museum the following month.

Ex VW802 damaged beyond repair at Gatwick (EGKK) 21 September, 1963 due to undercarriage collapse on landing and withdrawn from use 16th October 1963.

Ex TX201, a C.19 Srs.1 later converted to Srs.2

Looking immaculate here, this short-nose Prince was delivered to Shell Petroleum in 1950 and flown by famous WWII pilot Douglas Bader before being sold to Venezuela as YV-PAEO later that year. She came back to Britain in 1953 and was used by the Sperry Gyroscope Co, then Decca Navigator based at Biggin Hill in 1961. Registration cancelled on export to the USA in 11.76 and ferried to Van Nuys where she remained in derelict condition as N206UP. Now on private land at Antelope Acres, CA