Now you have me worried about my obvious oncoming dementia! I only ever recall visiting Ford on one occasion, but don’t remember seeing an Aero Commander of any type there. There was a cut up Gemini fuselage there though…:confused:

In fact, Ford was something of a minor centre for Aero Commanders in the late-60s! In addition to the odd visitor such as G-ASJU, Commander 680s N6300 and N1186Z (later G-AWXK and G-AWXL respec.) were long term residents from late-1967 onwards with N6300 being converted to Turbomeca Astazou power. In addition, Commander 200D N2965T (later G-AWYH) resided for some time and I recall two Aero Commander 100s with US registrations being assembled there and flying off with German regs. As a kid, I was pretty much resident there myself in those days.

The cut up Gemini fuselage was almost certainly G-AJOJ (red and white) although small bits of the Miles Aries G-AKFX were there too. ‘JOJ was used in the restoratioin of George Miles’ G-AKKB and was eventually burned.