AP-AAH - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AAH

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

October 1, 1947

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain

Construction Number:

12089

Line Number:

Year Built:

1943

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

"City of Jessore"

Previous Registration:

VT-CPH

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Crashed on March 26, 1965.

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 12089, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number 42-92303, delivery November 24, 1943. To Royal Air Force (RAF), serial FZ554, Montreal, December 19, 1943. Middle East, January 18, 1944. Air Command South East Asia (ACSEA), 1945. To Government of India, January 30, 1947. Registered in India as VT-CIJ for Orient Airways on February 13, 1947. Registered in India as VT-CPH in 1947 for Orient Airways. Registration VT-CPH not taken up by Orient Airways. Initially VT-CP* registration series starting from registration VT-CPA from India's civil aircraft register was reserved for aircraft to be registered in then newly independent Pakistan. However registrations in Indian series VT-CP* were not taken up by aircraft to be registered in Pakistan and eventually registration of those aircraft began in Pakistan with Pakistan's own aircraft registration nationality mark. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AAH on October 1, 1947, for Orient Airways. Transferred to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on April 1, 1955. Flown by PIA with designation Douglas DC-3 Dakota. Aircraft sustained damage to undercarriage at Multan on Lahore-Multan-Karachi service, November 24, 1955. Aircraft repaired. Aircraft named "City of Jessore". Crashed on March 26, 1965, near 9,000 feet Lowari Pass, Pakistan. Was flying from Peshawar to Chitral with 4 crew members and 22 passengers onboard. All 4 crew members including Capt. Mohammad Sarwar and 18 passengers died in this accident. 4 passengers survived. AP-AAH declared write-off and removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on August 7, 1966.

Photo:

Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain

Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain (Abbas Ali Collection)

Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain (registration AP-AAH)