AP-ADH - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-ADH

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

October 1948

Operator/Owner:

Pak Air

Aircraft Type:

Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain

Construction Number:

11911

Line Number:

Year Built:

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

G-ALCB

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Next Registration:

G-ALCB

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 11911. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number 42-92143. To Royal Air Force (RAF) as Dakota III, serial FL551. Serial number 6869 for South African Air Force (SAAF), October 6, 1945. Registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-ALCB, Field Aircraft Services Limited, July 20, 1948. Aircraft sold to Pakistan, October 5, 1948. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ADH for Pak Air, November 29, 1948. AP-ADH sent to UK aircraft for overhauling but payment could not be made to the overhauling company in UK. Aircraft sold to another operator by Field Aircraft Services Limited. Registration AP-ADH removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on October 31, 1951. Aircraft registered in UK as G-ALCB for British European Airways (BEA), June 9, 1950. Aircraft broken up in December 1950.

Photo:

Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain

Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain (Abbas Ali Collection)

Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain (registration AP-ADH)