page_title: British Overseas Airways Corporation
section_title: Fleet
hierarchical_section_title: British Overseas Airways Corporation / Fleet
caption_attribution_description: English: BOAC Bristol Britannia 312 G-AOVP landing at Manchester (Ringway) Airport
context_page_description: British Overseas Airways Corporation was the British state-owned airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued operating overseas services throughout World War II. After the passing of the Civil Aviation Act 1946, European and South American services passed to two further state-owned airlines, British European Airways and British South American Airways. BOAC absorbed BSAA in 1949, but BEA continued to operate British domestic and European routes for the next quarter century. A 1971 Act of Parliament merged BOAC and BEA, effective 31 March 1974, forming today's British Airways.
context_section_description: During the time of the airline's existence, BOAC operated these aircraft:
  Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde (test flown by BOAC, then to British Airways for passenger service)
  Airspeed Consul (1949–54)
  Airspeed Oxford (1948–53)
  Armstrong Whitworth A.W.15 Atalanta (1933–41)
  Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensign (1939–46)
  Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley V (1942–43)
  Avro Lancaster (1944–49)
  Avro Lancastrian (1945–51)
  Avro Tudor (1946–51)
  Avro York (1944–57)
  Boeing 314A Clipper (1941–48)
  Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (1949–60)
  Boeing 707-300 & -400 (1960–74)
  Boeing 747-100 (1969–74)
  Bristol Britannia (1955–66)
  Canadair C-4 Argonaut (1949–60)
  Consolidated Model 28 Catalina (1940–45)
  Consolidated Model 32 Liberator (1941–51)
  Curtis Wright CW-20 - one aircraft (1941–43)
  de Havilland DH.86 Express (1934–41)
  de Havilland DH.91 Albatross (1938–43)
  de Havilland DH.95 Flamingo (1940–44)
  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito (1943–45)
  de Havilland DH.104 Dove (1946–60)
  de Havilland DH.106 Comet (1952-54 & 1958-69)
  Douglas DC-3/C-47 Dakota (1943–50)
  Douglas DC-7C (1956–65)
  Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor- one Danish Airlines aircraft interned (1940–42)
  Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax/Halton (1946–48)
  Handley Page H.P.81 Hermes (1949–57)
  Lockheed 10 Electra (1937–44)
  Lockheed 14 Super Electra (1938–44)
  Lockheed 18 Lodestar (1941–48)
  Lockheed 414 Hudson (1941–45)
  Lockheed L-049 & L-749 Constellation (1946–59)
  Short S.23, S.30 & S.33 Empire (1937–47)
  Short S.25 Sunderland/Hythe (1942–49)
  Short S.25 Sandringham (1947–60)
  Short S.26 (1939–47)
  Short S.45 Solent (1946–60)
  Vickers VC10 & Super VC10  (1964-1974)
  Vickers Viking (1946–47)
  Vickers Warwick - one aircraft (1944–45)
  Vickers Wellington (1942–43)
  Dates above are for service with BOAC or its forerunners, those still in service in 1974 subsequently passed to British Airways.
caption: BOAC Britannia 312 landing at Manchester on a transatlantic flight in 1959
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