AP-AFE - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AFE

Certificate of Registration Number:

132

Registration Date:

June 1951

Operator/Owner:

Burmah Oil Company

Aircraft Type:

de Havilland DH-104 Dove 1B

Construction Number:

04125

Line Number:

Year Built:

1948

SelCal Code:

First Flight:

Test Flight Registration:

Delivery Date:

Aircraft Name:

Previous Registration:

G-AKST

Previous Operator:

Fate:

Next Registration:

G-AKST

Next Operator:

Additional Remarks:

Construction number 04125. Registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-AKST, March 8, 1948, Morton Air Services Limited. Aircraft ownership changed, June 17, 1948. Skyways Limited, June 30, 1948. Aircraft ownership changed, March 13, 1950. Morton Air Services Limited, March 17, 1950. Aircraft registered in Burma (Myanmar) as XY-ACV, May 3, 1950. Re-registered in UK as G-AKST, May 10, 1951, operated by Morton Air Services. Aircraft exported, June 5, 1951. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AFE for Burmah Oil Company. Aircraft returned to UK and registered in UK as G-AKST, Morton Air Services, May 13, 1952. Registration AP-AFE removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on May 13, 1952. Aircraft re-registered in Burma (Myanmar) as XY-ACV, February 19, 1953. Aircraft re-registered in United Kingdom as G-AKST, operated by Morton Air Services, March 2, 1954. Aircraft damaged beyond repair in hangar fire or tidal wave at Chittagong, East Pakistan, on October 31, 1960. Hangar collapsed on aircraft. Registration G-AKST cancelled, November 25, 1960.

Photo:

de Havilland DH-104 Dove 1B

de Havilland DH-104 Dove 1B (Abbas Ali Collection)

de Havilland DH-104 Dove 1B (registration AP-AFE)