AP-ADA - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-ADA

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

October 1948

Operator/Owner:

Orient Airways

Aircraft Type:

Douglas C-47B-30-DK Skytrain

Construction Number:

16426

Line Number:

33174

Year Built:

1943

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Next Registration:

F-OAQA

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 16426, line number 33174, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number 44-76842, delivery April 28, 1945. To Royal Air Force (RAF) as Dakota IV, serial KN559, Montreal, May 29, 1945. To United Kingdom (UK) June 5, 1945. 76 Squadron June 13, 1945. Air Command South East Asia (ACSEA) September 14, 1945. To United States of America (USA) overseas disposals Foreign Liquidation Commission (FLC) or returned to USAAF, November 27, 1947. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ADA for Orient Airways on October 7, 1948. 'Orient Skyfreighter' fuselage titles. Aircraft sold to France. Registration AP-ADA removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on April 13, 1954. Registered in France as F-OAQA for Societe Aigle Azur Transports Aeriens (Aigle Azur) March 17, 1954. Registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-AOAL, March 21, 1955, for Field Aircraft Services Limited. Bought by Burmese Air Force. Delivery July 11, 1955. Burmese Air Force serial number UBT-712, July11, 1955. New serial number 5712. To Nevada Airlines, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, April 29, 1978. Registered in USA as N2271D, July 21, 1978. Converted to silver iodide dropper for cloud seeding and used by PMC Associated Co. Limited in Burma from 1980 to 1983. During this time period aircraft ownership changed. To Air Mod Enterprises, June 1980 - July 9, 1980, to Bangkok, Thailand, October 1980, to Com Avia Co, Oceanside, California, USA, March 27, 1981. To Miss Panida Veerathannongdech, Sausalito, California in August 1984. To H.J. Hanson, Seattle, Washington, in 1991. Sold to Airlease Ltd. Burns, year 2000. Seen dismantled at Ongkarak Airpark, Thailand, in April 2008.

Photo:

Douglas C-47B-30-DK Skytrain

Douglas C-47B-30-DK Skytrain (Qasim Jadoon Collection)

Douglas C-47B-30-DK Skytrain (registration AP-ADA)