AP-ADJ - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-ADJ

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

1948

Operator/Owner:

Pak Air

Aircraft Type:

Douglas C-53D-DO Skytrooper

Construction Number:

11636

Line Number:

Year Built:

1943

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

"Naakee"

Previous Registration:

N733A

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Next Registration:

N733A

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 11636. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number 42-68709, delivery March 6, 1943. Damaged in takeoff accident, Bergstrom, Texas, United States of America (USA), July 1944. In USA, to Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), October 8, 1945. Registered in USA as NC33317, DPC. Operated by American Airlines, aircraft named "Flagship Bristol" L "17", January 30, 1945. To War Assets Administration (WAA), September 24, 1947. Registered as N733A in USA, Arctic Frontier Airlines, June 1948. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ADJ for Pak Air on November 3, 1948. Registration AP-ADJ removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on April 2, 1952. Registered in USA as N733A, R J O'Mara-Westair, White Plains, New York, July 1953. Registered in Canada as CF-HFT, E F O'Mara, July 24, 1953. Registered in USA as N733A, Amerada Aircraft & Equipment Corp., August 27, 1954. Registered in USA as N2733A, Safe Flight Instrument Corporation, White Plains, New York. Bendix Corporation, May 1961. C D Stoltzfus & Associates, Coastville, Pennsylvania 1966. R M Ward, Indianapolis, Indiana, November 1968. Lease All Data Systems Inc, Kansas City, Missouri, July 1970. Skyway Aviation, Jackson, Michigan. Rusk Aviation Inc, Kankakee, Illinois, August 26, 1974. Stolen in Florida in May 1977. Not recovered by December 1982.

Photo:

Douglas C-53D-DO Skytrooper

Douglas C-53D-DO Skytrooper (Abbas Ali Collection)

Douglas C-53D-DO Skytrooper (registration AP-ADJ)