AP-AKS - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AKS

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

March 1948

Operator/Owner:

Government of Sindh

Aircraft Type:

de Havilland DH-104 Dove 1B

Construction Number:

04121

Line Number:

Year Built:

1948

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

G-AKSR

Previous Operator:

British Air Transport (BAT)

Fate:

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 04121. Registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-AKSR, British Air Transport (BAT) Limited, February 12, 1948. Sold to Pakistan, March 16, 1948. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AKS for Government of Sindh. Registration AP-AKS removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on November 21, 1952. To Pakistan Air Force (PAF), serial number P-1301. Registered in UK as G-AKSR, Aerocontacts (Aircraft Distributors) Limited, March 30, 1962. Aircraft ownership changed, to Bermuda, July 7, 1962. Registered in UK as G-AKSR, Aerocontacts (Aircraft Distributors) Limited, June 4, 1963. Aircraft ownership changed, April 29, 1965. Shackleton Aviation Limited, May 5, 1965. Aircraft exported to Cameroon, July 22, 1965. Registered in Cameroon as TJ-ACC. Operated by Cameroon Air Transport. On January 21, 1967, TJ-ACC damaged/crashed at Tiko in Cameroon.

Photo:

Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain

de Havilland DH-104 Dove 1B (Abbas Ali Collection)

de Havilland DH-104 Dove 1B (registration AP-AKS)