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AP-ACZ |
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79 |
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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
transferred from Orient Airways in 1955 |
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Douglas C-47B-40-DK Skytrain / Dakota |
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16813 |
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33561 |
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1945 |
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| Fate: |
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Crashed February 25, 1956 |
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Construction number 16813, line number
33561, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) serial number
44-77229, delivery June 27, 1945. KP259 for Royal Air Force
(RAF), Montreal, June 28, 1945. To United Kingdom (UK) July
9, 1945. 46 Squadron, August 10, 1945. To Air Command South
East Asia (ACSEA) September 27, 1945. To US overseas
disposals Foreign Liquidation Commission (FLC) or returned to
USAAF on November 27, 1947. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ACZ
for Orient Airways in October 1948. Transferred to Pakistan
International Airlines (PIA) on March 1, 1955. Flown by PIA
with designation Douglas DC-3 Dakota. On February 25, 1956,
AP-ACZ was operating cargo flight from Gilgit to Rawalpindi
when it crashed into Lash Golath Mountain (Talkote). All
three people aboard the aircraft died in this accident.
Registration AP-ACZ removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register
on September 3, 1956. |
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