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AP-ABD Registration Details

 
Registration:   AP-ABD
     
Certificate of Registration Number:   30
     
Registration Date:   March 31, 1948
     
Operator/Owner:   Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
     
Aircraft Type:   Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain
     
Construction Number:   6258
     
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Year Built:   1943
     
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Aircraft Name:   "City of Quetta"
     
Previous Registration:   NC88773
     
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Additional Remarks:   Construction number 6258, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) serial number 42-5670. To United States Navy (USN) as Douglas R4D-1 Skytrain, Bureau Number (BuNo) 37668, January 27, 1943. To VR-1 (VR = Transport Squadron or Air Transport Squadron or Fleet Logistic Air Squadron - United States Navy aviation unit designation used from 1942 to 1958). To VR-3 on July 2, 1943. To United States Navy Willow Grove Naval Air Station in January 1944. To Factulant in July 1946. SOC October 31, 1946. Registered in United States of America (USA) as NC88773 for Pan American Airways (PAA). Registration NC88773 not taken up. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ABD for Orient Airways on March 31, 1948. 'Orient Skyliner' fuselage titles. Transferred to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on April 1, 1955. Flown by PIA with designation Douglas DC-3 Dakota. Aircraft named "City of Quetta". AP-ABD met accident in Chitral (Pakistan) on March 26, 1963, and was declared damaged beyond economical repair. Registration AP-ABD removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on June 18, 1963.
     
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Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain

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

 

Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain (registration AP-ABD)

 

 

 

 

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