Aircraft Photo of X-5 | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Netherlands - Air Force | AirHistory.net #140197
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:"X-5"
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):20118
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Air Force
Location
City / Area:Soesterberg / Kamp Zeist [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map
Country:Netherlands
Collection:Militaire Luchtvaart Museum - MLM
 
Photo Date:23 August 2006
Photo by:Aad van der Voet
Photo ID: 140197
Photo Comment

Painted as Netherlands Air Force "X-5", but never flew as such. The real X-5 was c/n 33323. The aircraft seen here is in fact ex Danish AF K-688, and before that it served with the Norwegian AF and the USAF. It was acquired by the museum in 1983, first painted as "ZU-5", and later as "X-5". It was removed from the museum in 2010 for restoration as "T-443" of the Netherlands East Indies Air Force. It is currently on display as such in the new Nationaal Militair Museum (NMM).

This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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