AP-ADL - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-ADL

Certificate of Registration Number:

Registration Date:

August 1949

Operator/Owner:

Pak Air

Aircraft Type:

Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster

Construction Number:

10337

Line Number:

DC68

Year Built:

1944

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

N49288

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Next Registration:

N49288

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 10337, line number DC68, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number 42-72232. To United States Navy (USN), Bureau Number (BuNo) 39175, operated under designation Douglas R5D-1. Registered in United States of America (USA) as N49288 for Transocean Air Lines, 1948. Leased out to Pak Air, September 1948. Registered in Pakistan as AP-ADL, operated under designation Douglas DC-4. Aircraft returned to Transocean Air Lines, Oakland, California, USA, 1949. Registration AP-ADL removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on December 20, 1950. Registered in USA as N49288. Named '"Taloa Tokyo". Aircraft sold in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), June 1952. Aircraft registered in KSA as HZ-AAG for Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAA). Aircraft registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-ASPN, February 28, 1964, operated by British Eagle International Airlines. Operated by Invicta Air Cargo, August 10, 1967. Operated flights for British Midland, February 24, 1969. Operated by Invicta International Airlines Limited, August 7, 1969. Damaged in a gale at Manston on January 26, 1971. Sold in South Africa, April 18, 1972. Bought by Africair and registered in South Africa as ZS-IRE in April 1972. Sold to Wenela Air Services and registered in Botswana as A2-ZGU in June 1972. To Société Générale d'Alimentation, registered in Democratic Republic of Congo as 9Q-CBP and then as 9Q-CWP. Aircraft damaged beyond repair due to engine fire in 1991. Last seen stored at Kinshasa International Airport, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Photo:

Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster

Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster (Abbas Ali Collection)

Douglas C-54A-10-DC Skymaster (registration AP-ADL)