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Jan. 01, 1955 - Bea Captains to Coand German Airlines: As an initial step in resuscitating the German Airline, Deutache Lufthansa, A group of BEA pilots will start a flying trains 8 Programmes at Hamburg to qualify them in flying the convair 340 airliners with which the D.L.H. is now equipped. With Capt. J. Munro, of the BEA train flight, in charge, their training will continue until April, Capt. Munro will be assisted by two other BEA training Flight pilots Capt. P. Mckeown and Captain S.J. Brown. When the D.L.H. scheduled services start in April, the BEA captains, wearing Lufthansa uniform, will be in command with Germans as their co-pilots. The British captains will fly for the D.L.H. for 18 months, by which time the German pilots will have become qualified to take owner-command. Picture shows: Pilots seconded to D.L.H. photographed today at Northolt- they are (L to R): Captain J. Monro, Captain.J. Brown, Captain P.C. ward, Captain P.R. Griffin, Captain K.T. Quine, Ca Tain D.H. Symington, Captain J.G. Simpson and Captain A.R. Mares

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