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AP-AFL |
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Arabian American Airlines |
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Douglas C-47B-40-DK Skytrain |
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16769 |
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33517 |
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1945 |
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G-ANLZ |
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Construction number 16769, line number
33517, United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), serial number
44-77185, delivery June 18, 1945. To Royal Air Force (RAF)
as Dakota IV, serial KP232,
Montreal, June 20, 1945. To United Kingdom (UK), July 1, 1945. 77
Squadron August 27, 1945. Air Command South East Asia (ACSEA)
October 4, 1945. To Foreign Liquidation Commission (FLC) or USAAF, November 27, 1947. Serial number H704
or H714, Royal Pakistan Air Force - RPAF (now known as
Pakistan Air Force - PAF). Registered in
Pakistan as AP-AFL for Arabian American Airlines. Registration AP-AFL
removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on November 27,
1951. Aircraft returned to RPAF, serial H714. Aircraft registered in United Kingdom (UK) as G-ANLZ
for Field Aircraft Services Limited, January 11, 1954. Aircraft
registered in Burma (Myanmar) as XY-ADB for Union of Burma
Airways on June 2, 1954. On March 19, 1957, XY-ADB was
operating Union of Burma Airways flight from Loikaw (Loi-kaw)
Airport, Burma (Myanmar), when it collided with an object
during take-off run. The aircraft caught fire and was
damaged beyond repair. All 4 crew members and 19 passengers
survived the accident. |
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