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AP-ACE |
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| Certificate of Registration Number: |
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57 |
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December 1947 |
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Pak Air |
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Douglas C-47A-15-DK Skytrain |
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| Construction Number: |
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12775 |
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1944 |
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PH-TBN |
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KLM |
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| Fate: |
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Crashed on November 26, 1948 |
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Construction number 12775.
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) serial number
42-92921, delivery March 16, 1944. Eight Air Force, April 21,
1944. Ninth Air Force, April 25, 1944. DivG., November 4, 1946.
To Scottish Aviation. Registered in Netherlands as PH-TBN
for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart
Maatschappij), February 23, 1946. Registered in Pakistan as
AP-ACE, Pak Air, December 31, 1947. Operated by Pak Air,
February 11, 1948. On November 26, 1948,
AP-ACE was operating flight from Karachi to Lahore with 5
crew members and 16 passengers onboard. The aircraft caught
fire due to leaking fuel and crashed near Vehari, 70 miles
from Multan in West Pakistan. All 21 people aboard the
aircraft died in this accident. Registration AP-ACE removed
from Pakistan Aircraft Register on December 14, 1948. |
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