Built in 1954 as an L-1049D and was leased to BOAC as such in 1955/56. Reportedly named Frankfurt Airtrader but no sign of that here. After flying with Capitol Airways and in Argentina it was acquired for the Biafra Airlift as 5T-TAC and blown up on the ground at GGOV in Guinea-Bissau on 5 June 1968.

Delivered new in 1958 and sold to Sudflug as D-ABAD in August 1963. On 7 December 1968, while taking part in the Biafra Airlift as VR-BCY, it crashed while attempting a single engine emergency landing at Uli, Nigeria.

About to grease it on is this 1956 built 'Seven Seas' smartly painted in a livery that really suits it (IMHO). According to the book Wings Over Bermuda, it suffered an undershoot and partial landing collapse at Bermuda (TXKF), shortly after this date, on 3 December 1959. After some difficulty it was recovered and repaired to return to service. Later it flew with Saturn Airways as N90773 from 1963 to 1969, after which it was scrapped. Above accident data provided by Ewan Partridge.