| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 41-20054 |
| Military Code: | 8 / VHCCC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-53 Skytrooper |
| C/n (msn): | 4824 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Flamin Mamie |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | March 1942 to October 1942 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre) |
| Photo ID: | 227097 |
| Photo Comment |
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Loading stores for the forward area, New Guinea 1942. From a batch of new C-53s shipped to Brisbane in Nov 41 under "Project X" to support US forces in the Philippines. Pearl Harbor clarified the situation and the C-53s were used between Australia, Philippines and Netherlands East Indies before taken over by the Directorate of Air Transport as callsign VHCCC.The aircraft was transferred to the RAAF from May 43 to Apr 44. It tipped on its nose landing at Nadzab on 28 Feb 44. Repaired it was transferred to Qantas Empire Airways in Jul 44 until Apr 46, when it returned to the USAAF. This photo was added on 23 March 2020, and has since been viewed 245 times. |