Aircraft Photo of G-AGIL | Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	G-AGIL
Aircraft Original Type:	Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Aircraft Generic Type:	Lockheed 18 Lodestar
Aircraft Version:	Lockheed 18-56 Lodestar
C/n (msn):	18-2143
Operator Titles:	BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation

Location
City / Airport:	Ankara - GüvercinlikMap
Country:	Turkey
Airport Codes:	ICAO: LTAB IATA: - Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	September 1943 to October 1946
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	611095

Photo Comment
Supposedly named Lake Nyasa, this Lodestar of BOAC is seen 'taxying at Ankara, Turkey, before taking off on the thrice-weekly service to Cairo.' The Ankara airport would have been Güvercinlik. G-AGIL registered 14 September 1943. BOAC had 19 L-18s, all based in Cairo, at the end of 1945. AGIL reported damaged at Istanbul in a list dated 9 October 1946. No further listings until 'returned to RAF' in November 1947. Photo by: L H Baker / Imperial War Museums This photo was added on 16 October 2023, and has since been viewed 258 times.

Photo Comment

Supposedly named Lake Nyasa, this Lodestar of BOAC is seen 'taxying at Ankara, Turkey, before taking off on the thrice-weekly service to Cairo.' The Ankara airport would have been Güvercinlik. G-AGIL registered 14 September 1943. BOAC had 19 L-18s, all based in Cairo, at the end of 1945. AGIL reported damaged at Istanbul in a list dated 9 October 1946. No further listings until 'returned to RAF' in November 1947. Photo by: L H Baker / Imperial War Museums

This photo was added on 16 October 2023, and has since been viewed 258 times.

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