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AP-AAD Registration Details

 
Registration:   AP-AAD
     
Certificate of Registration Number:   4
     
Registration Date:   October 1947
     
Operator/Owner:   Orient Airways
     
Aircraft Type:   Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain
     
Construction Number:   9143
     
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Year Built:   1943
     
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Previous Registration:   VT-CPD
     
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Fate:   August 2, 1953, crashed near Sharjah.
     
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Additional Remarks:   Construction number 9143, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number 42-32917, delivery March 5, 1943. Oran, Algeria, May 12, 1943. Eighth Air Force, United Kingdom (UK), March 11, 1944. To United States of America (USA), July 19, 1945. Stored July 26, 1945. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), January 14, 1946. Registered as NC74598. Registered in India as VT-CIE on February 13, 1947, Orient Airways. Registered in India as VT-CPD for Orient Airways, 1947. Registration VT-CPD 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-AAD for Orient Airways on October 1, 1947. AP-AAD crashed after take-off at night from Sharjah Airport on August 2, 1953. Was operating Karachi to Jeddah Hajj flight via Bahrain and Sharjah with 4 crew and 25 passengers onboard. One passenger killed in accident. Aircraft declared write-off and registration AP-AAD removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register.
     
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