AP-ABA - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-ABA

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

January 22, 1948

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain

Construction Number:

6213

Line Number:

Year Built:

1943

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

"City of Peshawar"

Previous Registration:

NC74590

Previous Operator:

Texas Engineering & Manufacturing Company (TEMCO)

Fate:

Next Registration:

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 6213, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number 41-38754, delivery January 5, 1943. To North Africa Wing Air Transport Command (ATC), May 29, 1943. To United States of America (USA), July 17, 1945. To Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), December 29, 1945. Registered in USA as NC74590 and operated by Texas Engineering & Manufacturing Company (TEMCO). Registered in Pakistan as AP-ABA on January 22, 1948 for Orient Airways. Transferred to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on April 1, 1955. Flown by PIA with designation Douglas DC-3 Dakota. Aircraft named "City of Peshawar". AP-ABA withdrawn from use in 1964. Registration AP-ABA removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on October 30, 1965.

Photo:

Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain

Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain (Abbas Ali Collection)

Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain (registration AP-ABA)