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TG519

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TG519

Picture here in 1948 awaiting delivery shows original colour scheme

http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/bristol-hercules-powered-handley-page-hastings-c1-transport-news-photo/3275281?Language=en-GB

Unlikely to have been painted before its crash into the later scheme shown in the photos

By contrast here is WJ341 with the Royal Air Force on the fuselage

http://www.planeboys.de/thf/militaer/united%20kingdom/royal%20air%20force/wj341_hastings.htm