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The Hermes was a pressurized, passenger airliner powered by four Bristol Hercules piston engines. While popular with passengers, it suffered with engine problems and was replaced in BOAC service by the Canadair Argonaut, a re-engined Douglas DC-4.
Only 25 Hermes were built, with this example being delivered in 1950.
Retired in 1962, it was reduced to a fuselage and used for rescue training at Gatwick Airport until 1980, when it was saved and moved to Duxford. 
It is now the only surviving Hermes and is on display at the back of the ‘AirSpace’ hangar at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford Airfield, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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26th January 2018
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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