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AP-ACY |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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78 |
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October 1948 |
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Orient Airways |
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Douglas C-47B-20-DK Skytrain |
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15637 |
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27082 |
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Construction number 15637, line
number 27082, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial
number 43-49821, delivery January 5, 1945. To Royal
Air Force (RAF) as Dakota IV, serial KN216, Nassau, January 17, 1945. To Air Command
South East Asia (ACSEA) on February 26, 1945. To India in
1946. To United States of America (USA) overseas disposals Foreign Liquidation
Commission (FLC) or returned to USAAF on November 27, 1947.
Registered in Pakistan as AP-ACY on October 7, 1948, for Pak
Air. Aircraft was declared beyond economical repairs.
Registration AP-ACY removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register
on August 19, 1952. Registered in USA as N4044A for Lund Aviation Incorporated and delivered
on July 27, 1957. Serial number 49821 for French Air Force (Armée
de l'Air - ALA), February 18, 1958. GAM 50, registered in
France as F-SCIG, August
1958 to December 1963. GTLA 2/60 January 1965. To Laos.
Aircraft Broken up June 12, 1968. XW-TDL, Laos Air Charter;
seen from September 1970 to March 1971. Fate unknown. |
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