ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers
RAAF A12 British Aerospace BAC111

RAAF.SerialTypeConst No.Aircraft History
A12-124217EA124First Flight 03/11/67 as A12-124. Handed over to RAAF 21/12/67. Delivered ex UK 12/01/68 arriving Fairbairn 18/01/68 for operations by 34 Squadron. Withdrawn from use and handed over to Hawker Pacific 28/02/90. Sold Burtonwood Developments to whom registered as G-EXPM 05/03/90. Ferried Canberra-Sydney 17/04/90 and stored. Registered European Aviation Ltd 10/09/90. Flew Sydney-Nowra-Sydney 29/08/91. Departed Sydney 30/08/91 and ferried to the UK by Paddy Cormican, Mike Birks and Brydon Oke via Alice, Port Hedland, Cocos, Colombo, Dubai, Cairo and Nice to Southend by where it arrived 01/09/91. Registration cancelled 06/12/91 on sale to Okada Air Ltd and initially painted as 5N-TOM. Repainted as 5N-NRC and delivered ex Southend via Ostend 06/12/91. Used as a corporate aircraft for charter and company use. Heavy landing at Lagos in 1994 and never repaired.
  • Images of A12-124.
  • A12-125217EA125First Flight 10/01/68 as A12-125. Handed over to RAAF 31/01/68. Delivered ex UK 08/02/68 for operations by 34 Squadron at Fairbairn. Withdrawn from use and handed over to Hawker Pacific 30/01/90. At this stage with a total flight time 12,100 hours and 15,700 landings. Sold Burtonwood Developments to whom registered as G-KROO 05/03/90. Ferried ex Sydney 19/04/90 and ferried to the UK by Paddy Cormican, Mike Birks and Brydon Oke via Port Hedland, Cocos, Male, Bahrain, Heraklion and Nice arriving Bournemouth (Hurn) 22/04/90 for storage. Registered European Aviation Ltd 10/09/90. Ferried Southend 25/10/91. Registration cancelled 24/01/92 on sale to Okada Air Ltd having been previously rolled out as 5N-SDP on 15/12/91. Delivered ex Southend via Ostend 27/01/92. Used as a corporate aircraft for charter and company use.
  • Images of A12-125.
  • The Author of this page is Darren Crick.

    Source: Australian Aviation Magazine, RAAF Status Cards, Richard Church, Air Britain.

    Photograph: George Canciani.

    Emails: Sqnldr Brydon Oke, Gordon Birkett, Daniel Leahy, Tjalling Boelman, Richard Church.



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