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AP-AAE |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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Registration Date: |
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October 1947 |
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Orient Airways |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Douglas C-47A-65-DL Skytrain |
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Construction Number: |
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19032 |
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Year Built: |
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1943 |
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Previous Registration: |
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VT-CPE |
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Next Registration: |
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N1501V |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 19032,
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number
42-100569, delivery
November 2, 1943. Eighth Air Force,
January 15, 1944. To United States of America (USA), July 23, 1945. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
October 22, 1945. Registered in USA as NC74597. Registered in India
as VT-CIF
on February 13, 1947, for Orient Airways. Registered in India
as VT-CPE, 1947. Registration VT-CPE
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-AAE for
Orient Airways on October 1, 1947. 'Orient Skyliner'
fuselage titles. Registration AP-AAE removed from Pakistan
Aircraft Register on May 10, 1951. Registered in USA as N1501V May,
1951. Wayne Aviation Corporation. Registered in Indonesia as PK-SVE for
Standard Vacuum Petroleum Transport (STANVAC), Indonesia,
May 8, 1952. SIAK (November 1972). Registered in Indonesia
as PK-WWJ for
National Air Charter. Scrapped on unknown date/year. |
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Photo: |
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Douglas
C-47A-65-DL Skytrain
(Abbas Ali Collection) |
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Douglas C-47A-65-DL Skytrain (registration AP-AAE) |
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