Railway Air Services

By 1940, the Royal Air Force had taken over all the military communications tasks and the airline returned to flying routes 'of national importance'.

[3] Railway Air Services resumed peacetime flights in early 1946, now also using their newly acquired Avro Ansons and ex-RAF Douglas DC-3 Dakotas.

The airline operated its Dakotas, with their higher passenger carrying capacity, on their non-stop flights from Croydon to Glasgow (Renfrew) Airport.

[4] In August 1946, the UK government formed the British European Airways Corporation (BEA) a state-owned airline.

DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-ALXT is preserved by the Science Museum in RAS colour scheme and named 'Star of Scotia'.

Envelope with an art deco RAS logo and 1½d postage stamp. The typed address reads "A Phillips, Railway Air Services, L.M.S. Office, Piccadilly, Manchester"
Railway Air Services printed envelope, for the Bristol to Manchester route. Postally marked "Bristol, 20 August 1934"
Railway Air Services DH.89 Dragon Rapide G-ACPR at Manchester Airport in 1938
RAS Avro Anson at Manchester Airport in 1946 operating the schedule to Belfast