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AP-AAZ |
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26 |
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December 16, 1947 |
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Orient Airways |
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Douglas C-47A-15-DK Skytrain |
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| Construction Number: |
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12670 |
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1944 |
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PI-CI25 |
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Philippine Air Lines (PAL) |
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| Fate: |
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Crashed on October 22, 1952 |
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Construction number 12670, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number
42-92826, delivery March 3, 1944. Brisbane, Australia April 20, 1944. Tacloban, Philippine Air Force, July 24, 1946. Registered
as PI-CI25 in Philippines for Commercial Airline Inc., Philippine Air
Lines (PAL), Manila.
Registered in Pakistan as AP-AAZ for Orient Airways on December 16, 1947.
Crashed on October 22, 1952, at Jamshedpur, Bihar, (now in
Jharkhand) India. Was
operating cargo flight from Karachi to Dacca with four crew
members on board. One crew member died due to this accident.
AP-AAZ declared write-off and removed from Pakistan Aircraft
Register on December 8, 1952. |
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