It had been operated by BOAC and British Eagle but retains the colors of the last operator, Monarch Airlines. Donated to the society by Monarch Airlines and flown to Duxford in 1975.

This photo was taken by a Kowa Super 66 medium format film camera and Kowa 1:4.5/110 lens with a Zenza Bronica 67mm SY48•2C(Y2) filter using Kodak 400 TRI-X film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered using Photoshop.