Delivered to the RAF as WJ945 in 1953. Sold as G-BEDV in 1976 and maintained in airworthy condition. CofA expired in 1987 and preserved at Duxford. Cancelled from the register in 1989. Moved to the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Cenre at Newquay in 2011. Its future is uncertain following the forced closure by Cornwall council.

Delivered to the RAF as WJ945 in 1953. Sold as G-BEDV in 1976 and maintained in airworthy condition. CofA expired in 1987 and preserved at Duxford. Cancelled from the register in 1989. Moved to the Cornwall Aviation Heritage Cenre at Newquay in 2011. Its future is uncertain following the forced closure by Cornwall council.

This had become G-BEDV just a few days earlier on 26th July 1976. It was cancelled in July 1989

Close-up just before taxi for a flight - a gloomy day but a memorable sight and sound.

Wearing its original military colours and just a very small civil registration under the tailplane, this Varsity gets ready to taxi for take-off. G-BEDV is often incorrectly said to be c/n 619, but that is WJ895. The c/n for WJ945 is unknown.