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AP-ADH |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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Registration Date: |
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October 1948 |
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Pak Air |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain |
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Construction Number: |
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11911 |
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Previous Registration: |
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G-ALCB |
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Next Registration: |
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G-ALCB |
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Additional Remarks: |
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Construction number 11911. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number
42-92143. To Royal Air Force
(RAF) as Dakota III, serial FL551. Serial number 6869 for South African Air
Force (SAAF), October 6, 1945. Registered in United
Kingdom (UK) as G-ALCB, Field Aircraft Services Limited, July 20,
1948. Aircraft sold to Pakistan, October 5, 1948. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ADH for
Pak Air, November 29, 1948. AP-ADH sent to UK aircraft for
overhauling but payment could not be made to the overhauling
company in UK. Aircraft sold to another operator by Field
Aircraft Services Limited. Registration AP-ADH removed from Pakistan
Aircraft Register on October 31, 1951. Aircraft registered in
UK as G-ALCB for British European Airways (BEA), June
9, 1950. Aircraft broken up in December 1950. |
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Photo: |
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Douglas
C-47A-1-DK Skytrain
(Abbas Ali Collection) |
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Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain (registration AP-ADH) |
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