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| Loading passengers at Tokyo Intl Airport in March 1960 while in service with Air France (Mel Lawrence) | Falling apart on August 13, 2005 adjacent to the Le Moulin Disco in Quimper, France (Helge Huber) | The grand old lady still holds some of her grace in this April 17, 2007 photo (Eric Pajaud) |
- Final registration - F-BHBG
- Delivered to Air France October 1955 as L1049G F-BHBG
- Stored at Paris-Orly 1961
- Re-entered service and stored again December 14, 1962
- Retired April 18, 1963 and stored at Toulouse, France
- To Aviasol February 1967 (or 1968)
- Disassembled and moved to La Roche-Bernard, Morbihan, France as a tourist attraction
- Moved to Vannes, France by December 1973
- Moved to Quimper, France by August 1976 and parked adjacent to the "Le Moulin Discothèque”
- Erroneously reported as destroyed by fire in early 2001
- Only the center fin intact 2003 with the outer fins gone due to severe corrosion
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