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AP-ABW |
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1948 |
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Pak Air |
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Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain |
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| Construction Number: |
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12159 |
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1943 |
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G-ALCA |
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CF-GXE |
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Construction number 12159,
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number
42-92366, delivery December 18, 1943. To Royal Air
Force (RAF), serial FZ604, Nassau, December 25, 1943. To South African
Air Force (SAAF), serial number 6817, January 25, 1944. 5 Wing 1945. Aircraft
Operating Company (South Africa). Registered in United
Kingdom (UK) as G-ALCA, Field Aircraft Services Limited, June 23,
1948.
Aircraft sold abroad August 20, 1948. Aircraft registered
again in UK as G-ALCA, Field Aircraft Services Limited,
September 20, 1948. Sold to Pakistan, October 2, 1948. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ABW for Pak Air. Aircraft
permitted to complete ferry flight from Karachi Airport to
United States of America (USA). Registration AP-ABW removed from
Pakistan Aircraft Register on March 6, 1952. To Connor,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 1, 1952. Registered in
Canada as CF-GXE, November 1952. On April 12, 1961, it was operating
calibration flight for Canada's Department of Transport from
St. John's Newfoundland International Airport, Canada, with
a total of three people on board. Shortly after take-off
from St. John's Newfoundland International Airport,
aircraft's engine number 1 failed followed by failure of
engine number 2. The aircraft made forced crash landing near
St. John's Newfoundland International Airport. All three
people aboard the aircraft survived the accident but the
aircraft was damaged beyond repair. |
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