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AP-AWH Registration Details

 
Registration:   AP-AWH
     
Certificate of Registration Number:   431
     
Registration Date:   December 1970
     
Operator/Owner:   Pakistan International Airlines (PIA)
     
Aircraft Type:   de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
     
Construction Number:   293
     
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Year Built:   1970
     
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Delivery Date:   December 30, 1970
     
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Fate:   Destroyed on ground on December 4, 1971
     
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Additional Remarks:   Construction number 293. Registered in Pakistan as AP-AWH for PIA. Aircraft rolled out of the assembly line, November 11, 1970. First flight in December 1970. Delivery to PIA, December 30, 1970. During 1971 war between Pakistan and India, AP-AWH was at Dacca Airport/Tejgaon Air Base in East Pakistan on on December 4, 1971. AP-AWH was hidden under trees due to absence of pen not large enough to properly secure the aircraft. On December 4 afternoon, AP-AWH was destroyed on ground by an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-21FL flown by Wing Commander Bhupinder Kumar Bishnoi during air raid. Registration AP-AWH removed from Pakistan Aircraft Register on December 27, 1971.
     
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de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300  (Abbas Ali Collection)

 

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (registration AP-AWH)

 

 

 

 

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