
Series 310, Variant 313. MSN 13232/Production No 024. Registered as 4X-AGA, 18 Feb 57. First flown at Filton, England, 28 Jul 57. Officially delivered to EL AL 5 Sept 57. Flown Filton-Tel Aviv 12 Sep 57. Damaged rear fuselage during training flight at Tel Aviv and returned to Filton for repair 10 Nov 57. Returned to EL AL 1 Dec 57. Leased to British United Airways (‘BUA’) 17 Mar 63, canceled from Israeli register and registered as G-ASFV 19 Mar 63, for operation by BUA on behalf of EL AL during EL AL strike. Returned to EL AL as 4X-AGA 1 Apr 63. Sold to Globe-Air, Switzerland, 3 Apr 64.

(Jean-Marie Magendie photo)
Series 310, Variant 313. MSN 13233/Production No 025. Registered as 4X-AGB, 18 Feb 57. First flown Filton, 2 Sep 57. Displayed at the SBAC Show, Farnborough, Sep 57. Handed over to EL AL at Filton 19 Oct 57. Flown Heathrow-Tel Aviv 20 Oct 57. Operated first EL AL Britannia service Tel Aviv-London-New York, 22 Dec 57. Leased to British United Airways (via Bristol Aircraft), registered as G-ARWZ and delivered Tel Aviv-Stansted 13 Feb 62, and canceled from Israeli registry 28 Feb 62. Returned to EL AL 26 Mar 65, and restored as 4X-AGB. Sold to Air Spain Feb 67; Israeli registration canceled 8 May 67.

Series 310, Variant 313. MSN 13234/Production No 027. Originally intended as Series 250 (all-cargo) and registered G-ANGK to Bristol 23 Nov 53, but never built. Registered as 4X-AGC, 18 Feb 57. First flown at Filton 4 Oct 57. Handed over to EL AL at Filton 28 Nov 57. Flown Heathrow-Tel Aviv 29 Nov 57. On 18-19 Dec 57 set new speed and distance records on a proving flight between New York and Tel Aviv by flying the 9,270km (5,760mi) nonstop in 14hr 46min at an average speed of 645km/h (401mph). Leased to British United Airways (via Bristol Aircraft), registered as G-ARXA 12 Mar 62 and delivered Tel Aviv-Stansted 14 Mar 62, and canceled from Israeli registry 4 Jul 62. Returned to EL AL 27 Sep 64 and restored as 4X-AGC, 13 Oct 64. Registration canceled 19 Apr 66, sold to British Eagle International Airlines.

(Peter R. Keating photo via John Wegg)
Series 310, Variant 313 (modified during manufacture to nearly Series 320 standard). MSN13431/Production No 004. Registered as 4X-AGD, 3 Feb 59. First flown Filton 21 Feb 59. Delivered to EL AL at Filton 7 Mar 59 and flown Filton-Heathrow-Tel Aviv. Operated the flight that brought Nazi Adolf Eichmann from Buenos Aires to Israel 20-21 May 1960 to stand trial for war crimes. Canceled from Israeli registry 17 Mar 63, and registered G-ASFU to British United Airways 18 Mar 63, for operation by BUA on behalf of EL AL during EL AL strike. Returned to EL AL as 4X-AGD 8 Apr 63. Registration canceled 8 Mar 65, sold to Globe-Air, Switzerland.

Series 300, Variant 306. MSN 12920/Production No 023. Originally ordered by BOAC but not taken up; option for Capital Airlines but not taken up. Intended for Northeast Airlines as N6595C, but order canceled. G-18-3, Bristol Aircraft Co G-ANCD. Repainted in EL AL colors 8 Jul 58, registered as 4X-AGE, 10 Jul 58. Leased to EL AL Jul 58 as Variant 306 pending delivery of fourth Variant 313. Canceled from Israeli registry and returned to Bristol Aircraft, 6 Mar 59.