AP-AAC - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AAC

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

October 1947

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Douglas C-47A-30-DL Skytrain

Construction Number:

9543

Line Number:

Year Built:

1943

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

"City of Khulna"

Previous Registration:

VT-CPC

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Damaged beyond repair March 22, 1961

Next Registration:

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 9543, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number 42-23681, delivery May 15, 1943. To Royal Air Force (RAF) as Dakota III, serial FD891, May 20, 1943. Middle East August 24, 1943. 28 Squadron South African Air Force (SAAF) and 44 Squadron SAAF December 22, 1943. Air Command South East Asia (ACSEA), May 31, 1945. Registered in India as VT-CIC for Orient Airways, December 16, 1946. Registered in India as VT-CPC for Orient Airways, 1947. Registration VT-CPC not taken up by Orient Airways. Initially VT-CP* registration series starting from registration VT-CPA from India's civil aircraft register was reserved for aircraft to be registered in then newly independent Pakistan. However registrations in Indian series VT-CP* were not taken up by aircraft to be registered in Pakistan and eventually registration of those aircraft began in Pakistan with Pakistan's own aircraft registration nationality mark. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AAC in October 1947 for Orient Airways. Transferred to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on April 1, 1955. Flown by PIA with designation Douglas DC-3 Dakota. Aircraft named "City of Khulna". AP-AAC damaged beyond repair at Paksey, Pakistan, on March 22, 1961. Registration AP-AAC removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on May 13, 1961.

Photo:

Douglas C-47A-30-DL Skytrain

Douglas C-47A-30-DL Skytrain (Abbas Ali Collection)

Douglas C-47A-30-DL Skytrain (registration AP-AAC)