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AP-AFH |
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Certificate of Registration Number: |
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135 |
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Registration Date: |
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July 1952 |
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Pakistan Aviation Limited |
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Aircraft Type: |
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Douglas C-47B-35-DK Skytrain |
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Construction Number: |
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16498 |
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Line Number: |
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33246 |
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Year Built: |
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1945 |
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G-ANZG |
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Construction number 16498, line number
33246, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number
44-76914, delivery May 1945. To Royal Air Force (RAF)
as Dakota IV, serial KN603, Montreal, May 12, 1945. Air Command South East Asia (ACSEA)
June 3, 1945. 300 Group July 19, 1945. To India, August 29,
1946. Royal Air Force (RAF) Mauripur, Pakistan, November 20, 1947. Serial number C407, Royal Pakistan Air Force - RPAF (now known as
Pakistan Air Force - PAF), July 8, 1948. Registered in
Pakistan as AP-AFH, July 7, 1952, Pakistan
Aviation Limited (PAL). Aircraft returned to RPAF. Registration AP-AFH
removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register, February 4, 1953.
Aircraft registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-ANZG for Field
Aircraft Services Limited, February 22, 1955. To Swedish Air
Force, April 14, 1955. Serial number 79005,
Swedish Air Force (Flygvapnet / Svensk Flygvapen) "SAFTG",
April 14, 1955. 7th Wing "75" serial number 7-75. Aircraft
designation Douglas TP-79 in Swedish Air Force. 3rd Wing
"79" serial number 3-79. Aircraft operating military flight
damaged beyond repair when it crashed during landing at Nykoping Airport, Sweden, on October 9 or 10, 1974. All 3
crew members and 24 people aboard the aircraft survived the
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