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AP-AAJ |
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October 1947 |
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Orient Airways |
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Douglas C-47A-30-DL Skytrain |
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9546 |
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1943 |
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VT-CPJ |
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Construction number 9546,
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number 42-23684, delivery
May 15, 1943. To Royal Air Force (RAF) as Dakota III, serial
FD894, May 27, 1943.
Middle East August 1, 1943. India, November 5, 1943, 194
Squadron of RAF. To Government of India, January 30,
1947. Registered in India as VT-CJU for Orient Airways in
March 1947. Registered in India as VT-CPJ for Orient Airways, 1947.
Registration VT-CPJ 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-AAJ in October 1947 for Orient
Airways. Aircraft declared beyond economical repair due to
heavily corroded centre section. Certificate of
Airworthiness (CoA) cancelled on April 20, 1950. Aircraft
scrapped. Registration AP-AAJ removed from Pakistan Aircraft
Register. |
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