Second of two ordered new by the Royal Australian Air Force - R.A.A.F. - December 01, 1965

Powered by 2 Rolls Royce Spey 25 Mk.511-14 engines

Rolled off British Aerospace Corporation production line at Hurn Airport, Bournemouth - December 1967

First flown as A12-125 at Hurn - January 10, 1968

Handed over to the R.A.A.F. at Hurn - January 31, 1968

Delivered to Royal Australian Air Force No 34 Squadron as A12-125 - February 08, 1968

Arrived Fairbairn R.A.A.F. Base, Canberra Airport - February 1968

Operated by 34 Squadron R.A.A.F.

Aircraft initially fitted with two executive cabins of 26 and 30 passenger seats

Modified later to seat 28 passenger only

Withdrawn from use and handed over to Hawker Pacific at Sydney (Mascot) - January 30, 1990

Aircraft had flown 12,100 hours with 15,700 cycles

Sold to Burtonwood Developments - March 05, 1990

Entered onto the British Aircraft Register as G-KROO - March 05, 1990

Registered to Burtonwood Developments

Departed Sydney on ferry flight to U.K. - April 19, 1990

Arrived Hurn, Bournemouth, U.K. at conclusion of ferry flight for storage - April 22, 1990

Delivery route: Sydney-Alice Springs-Port Headland-Cocos Islands-Male-Bahrain-Heraklion-Nice-Hurn

Flight crew: Capts Paddy Cormican, Mike Birks, Brydon Oke

Registered to European Aviation Ltd - September 10, 1990

Ferried Hurn-Southend - October 25, 1991

Sold to Okada Air of Nigeria and rolled out Southend as 5N-SDP - December 15, 1991

Cancelled from British Aircraft Register - January 24, 1992

Entered onto the Nigerian Aircraft Register as 5N-SDP - December 15, 1991

Registered to Okada Air

Ferried Southend to Nigeria via Ostend on delivery - January 27, 1992

Used as a corporate aircraft for charter and company use and retained VIP configuration

Withdrawn from use and stored Benin City, Nigeria - December 1997

Nigerian Government permanently banned and grounded all BAC 111 operations - May 2002

This was due to a series of crashes that had occured over the years

Seen derelict Benin City, Nigeria - April 06, 2005

Seen derelict Benin City, Nigeria - January 14, 2008

Seen derelict in grass area very mouldy minus engines and with APU removed - April 08, 2009

G-KROO. Burtonwood - in the basic RAAF livery at Hurn Airport, June 1990.