The Beverley was definitely not long range. An ex-RAF guy told me that they could carry one boy scout for 500 miles or 500 boy scouts for one mile!

Whilst serving at RAF Nicosia 60-62 at TASF (Transit Aircraft Servicing Flight) we had a board displaying future arrivals. One ‘Bev’ took eleven days to reach us! Just slightly faster than by sea.:eek: They had to night stop at Orange Southern France then Malta followed by El Adem Libya before we got them and they always seemed to have a mag drop on at least one engine so they could have a nice time in the night clubs of Nicosia.
When preparing the Bev for dropping the pallets mentioned the rear doors had to come off, and deflectors fitted to the fuselage so lifting equipment had to be available.