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AP-AFK |
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| Certificate of Registration Number: |
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Arabian American Airlines |
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Douglas C-47B-35-DK Skytrain |
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| Construction Number: |
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16529 |
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33277 |
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1945 |
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YU-ABK |
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Jugoslovenski Aerotransport JAT (Yugoslav
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Construction number 16529, line number
33277, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number
44-76945, delivery May 14, 1945. To Royal Air Force (RAF) as
Dakota IV, serial KN624,
Montreal, May 14, 1945. Air Command South East Asia (ACSEA)
June 5, 1945. 300 Group July 19, 1945. To India August 29,
1946. Royal Air Force (RAF), Mauripur, Pakistan, December
17, 1947. Serial number H709 Royal Pakistan Air Force - RPAF (now known as
Pakistan Air Force - PAF), July 8, 1948. Registered in
Pakistan as AP-AFK for Arabian American Airlines. Registration AP-AFK
removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on October 28, 1952.
Aircraft registered in Yugoslavia as YU-ABK and operated by
Jugoslovenski Aerotransport JAT (Yugoslav Airlines), March
1953. On January 8, 1968, YU-ABKwas operating JAT cargo
flight from Munich (Germany) to Zagreb (Yugoslavia) when it
experienced problems with one of its two engines. The crew
attempted to make emergency landing at Linz Airport in
Austria but were forced to make an emergency landing in a
forest near Sankt Florian, Austria. All four crew members
survived the accident but the aircraft was damaged beyond
repair. |
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