| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | N103NA |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas DC-3(C) |
| C/n (msn): | 9531 |
| Operator Titles: | Flabob Express |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | WiesbadenMap |
| Country: | Germany |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: ETOU IATA: WIE Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Berlin Airlift 70th Anniversary 2019 |
| Photo Date: | 10 June 2019 |
| Photo by: | Aad van der Voet |
| Photo ID: | 147386 |
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This DC-3 is based at Flabob Airport in Riverside, CA, hence the titles. It is officially registered as c/n 33569, but this is not correct. It is one of seven C-47s for which Lee Mansdorf falsified the documents and data plates with fake identities in 1953. Because of this, all registrations carried by this airframe since then (N2701A, N42F, CF-IKD and now N103NA) are often incorrectly quoted as c/n 33569. The aircraft is in fact c/n 9531, formerly Royal Air Force FD879 and USAAF 42-23669. This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 23 June 2019, and has since been viewed 581 times. |