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Final complete example of post-war RAF airlifter rescued from uncertain future by museum announcement
The last surviving example of the Blackburn Beverley transport is to be saved for preservation,
with the announcement that it is destined for the Solway Aviation Museum at Carlisle Lake District Airport.
A statement on 31 January 2024
said an appeal has been launched to fund the Beverley’s transportation to Carlisle,
preparation of the site on which the airlifter will go on public display,
and its reassembly and restoration. Contributions can be made via the museum’s Paypal account.
The owner, Martyn Wiseman, has now donated it to the Solway Aviation Museum,
which already has an extensive collection of significant post-war British military aircraft,
the flagship being Avro Vulcan B2 XJ823.
Of 49 examples of the Beverley built,
XB259 became the final complete survivor when XH124
— which was never,
it should be pointed out,
transferred to RAF Museum charge —
was infamously bulldozed at Hendon in 1990.
https://www.key.aero/article/last-black ... y-be-saved