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AP-AJH |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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211 |
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Registration Date: |
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Operator/Owner: |
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Douglas C-47A-25-DK Skytrain |
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Construction Number: |
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13568 |
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Year Built: |
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1944 |
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First Flight: |
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August 18, 1959 |
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Test Flight Registration: |
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Delivery Date: |
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Aircraft Name: |
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"City of Gilgit" |
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Previous Registration: |
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Previous Operator: |
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Fate: |
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Next Registration: |
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EP-ABG |
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Next Operator: |
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Air Taxi |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 13568. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF),
serial number 42-108972, delivery June 11, 1944. To Royal Air Force
(RAF) as Dakota III, serial KG701, Nassau, June 26, 1944. To Air Command South East Asia
(ACSEA) on July 22, 1944. 117 Squadron April 28, 1946. To Royal Indian Air Force
(RIAF), serial VP918, November 28, 1946. To Royal
Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) September 26, 1947. Registered in
Pakistan as AP-AJH for Pakistan International Airlines
(PIA), September 23, 1957. Flown by PIA with designation
Douglas DC-3 Dakota. Aircraft named "City of Gilgit".
Aircraft met accident, June 30, 1959. Aircraft sold to Air Taxi Company of Iran. Registration AP-AJH
removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on unknown date.
Aircraft registered in Iran as EP-ABG for Air Taxi Company.
Aircraft used as spares source and scrapped. |
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Photo: |
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Douglas
C-47A-25-DK Skytrain
(Abbas Ali Collection) |
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Douglas C-47A-25-DK Skytrain (registration AP-AJH) |
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