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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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Registration Date: |
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October 1949 |
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Crescent Air Transport |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Douglas C-47B-1-DL Skytrain |
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Construction Number: |
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20777 |
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Year Built: |
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1944 |
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G-AOGX |
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Construction number 20777.
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number
43-16311, delivery July 21, 1944. Brisbane, Australia August
24, 1944. To United States of America (USA) overseas disposals Foreign Liquidation
Commission (FLC) or USAAF on November 24, 1947, ex-Manila,
Philippines. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AED for Crescent
Air Transport Limited in October 1949. Aircraft crashed at Tejgaon Airport,
Dacca, East Pakistan, on July 7, 1954. Aircraft considered
damaged beyond repair. Registration AP-AED removed from
Pakistan Aircraft Register on December 30, 1955. Aircraft
repaired and registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-AOGX,
Field Aircraft Services, February 14, 1956. Registered in
France as F-OAYM and bought by Aero Technique September 27,
1956. To Airnautic, March 1964. Serial number 4164 registered
in Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) as TU-VAB Government of
Republic of Ivory Coast (Republic of Côte d'Ivoire), 1964 to
1971. Serial number AE-164, Dahomey Air Force (Force Aérienne
de Dahomey) / Benin Air Force (Force Aérienne Populaire de
Benin). Registered in Benin as TY-AAE, April 1971. Fuselage
number 4164, '482'. Registered in Benin as TY-BBO, '881'. |
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Douglas
C-47B-1-DL Skytrain
(Abbas Ali Collection) |
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Douglas C-47B-1-DL Skytrain (registration AP-AED) |
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