AP-AFR - All Pakistan Aircraft Registration Marks

Registration:

AP-AFR

Certificate of Registration Number:

145

Registration Date:

March 1954

Operator/Owner:

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)

Aircraft Type:

Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation

Construction Number:

4521

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Year Built:

1954

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Fate:

Gifted to Indonesia

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Additional Remarks:

Construction number 4521. Built in 1954. Delivered on March 18, 1954. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AFR for Government of Pakistan. Leased to Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). Purchased by PIA in 1958. Stored at Karachi Airport. Not taken up by Lebanese Air Transport (LAT). Registration AP-AFR removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on April 1, 1968. Gifted to Indonesia in 1969. To Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Udara, TNI�AU), SkU.17 (Skadron Udara 17 - Air Squadron 17), aircraft serial number T-1043. Withdrawn from use in 1970 or 1978 and stored. Most probably scrapped.

Photo:

Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation

Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation (Abbas Ali Collection)

Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation (registration AP-AFR)