One-Eleven 300s Dan-Air acquired from Kuwait Finance to complement the ex-American pair of 400 series as well as two former BOAC Comet 4s that were fully employed on the Lunn-Poly/Everyman charters, the other jet aircraft the failed carrier had operated/ordered found new homes relatively quickly. In early 1969, Laker Airways leased the former Qantas Boeing 707-138Bs from Kleinwort Benson for Bermudan $8,500 a month to replace Britannias on a new series of transatlantic affinity group charter flights. Two years later, Laker Airways also acquired a One-Eleven 300 from Bahamas Airways that had originally been delivered to British Eagle. BOAC purchased for £4 million the 707-365C British Eagle had leased from Kleinwort Benson (subsequently subleased to MEA). Caledonian acquired the 707-365C that had originally been ordered by British Eagle and delivered to Airlift International in February 1967. Fleet The following aircraft types formed part of the fleet during Eagle's 20 years of operation: Airspeed Consul Auster Autocrat Avro Anson Avro Lancaster – one loaned to Eagle by Ministry for photographic work, a second Lancaster was purchased for spares for the Yorks. Avro Lincoln Avro York Avro 748 BAC One-Eleven Boeing 707 Bristol Britannia Bristol Freighter de Havilland Dove de Havilland Dragon Rapide de Havilland Heron Douglas C-54 Skymaster Douglas Dakota Douglas DC-6 Handley Page Halifax Miles Gemini Miles Hawk Trainer Percival Proctor Vickers Valetta Vickers Viking Vickers Viscount Fleet in 1950 In August 1950, Eagle Aviation's fleet comprised five aircraft. Fleet in 1958 In April 1958, Eagle Airways's fleet comprised 19 aircraft. Fleet in 1962 In April 1962, Cunard Eagle's had a fleet of 12 aircraft and employed 1,100 people. Fleet in 1964 In April 1964, British Eagle's fleet comprised 15 aircraft and 940 people were employed. Fleet in 1968 In April 1968, British Eagle's fleet comprised 23 aircraft and 2,500 people were employed. Accidents and incidents During its 20-year history the airline suffered five fatal and five non-fatal accidents. On 25 November 1950, an Eagle Aviation Handley Page Halifax C.8 (registration G-AIAP) operating under contract to BOAC and bound for Singapore crashed on takeoff from Calcutta Dum Dum Airport, killing two of the six crew members in the post-crash fire that destroyed the aircraft and its cargo. On the night of 1 May 1957, an Eagle Vickers Viking crashed at Blackbushe. It was operating a trooping flight to Libya under contract to the War Office. While returning to the airport