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AP-AGG |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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160 |
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Registration Date: |
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1952 |
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Douglas C-47B-25-DK Skytrain |
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Construction Number: |
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16098 |
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Line Number: |
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32846 |
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Year Built: |
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1945 |
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Next Registration: |
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ET-ABE |
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Next Operator: |
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Ethiopian Airlines |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 16098, line number
32846, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number
44-76514, delivery March 15, 1945. To Royal Air Force
(RAF) as Dakota IV, serial KN420, Montreal, March 17, 1945. To United Kingdom (UK) March
28, 1945. Air Command South East Asia (ACSEA), April 29,
1945. To India, September 26, 1946. To US overseas disposals
Foreign Liquidation Commission (FLC) or returned to
USAAF, November 27, 1947. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AGG
for Pakistan Aviation Limited, 1952. To Orient Airways,
October 1954. Transferred to Pakistan International Airlines
(PIA) on March 11, 1955. Flown by PIA with designation
Douglas DC-3 Dakota. Aircraft sold to Ethiopian
Airlines, February 1961. Aircraft registered in Ethiopia as
ET-ABE for Ethiopian Airlines, February 1961. Registration AP-AGG removed from Pakistan Aircraft
Register on April 2, 1962. On August 5,
1974, ET-ABE was operating Ethiopian Airlines flight when it
overshot runway during landing at Mota Airport,
Ethiopia, and was damaged beyond repair. |
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