| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | C-FGHL |
| 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): | 12475 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Manitoba |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Winnipeg - James Armstrong Richardson InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Manitoba, Canada |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: CYWG IATA: YWG Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | August 1992 |
| Photo by: | Gary Vincent |
| Photo ID: | 233248 |
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C-47 42-92651 was delivered to the RAF as KG440 in February 1944. Returned to the US Air Force in July 1946, the transport became CF-GHL the same month. Registered to Ontario Central Airlines in 1974, it carried through name changes and a merger until it was sold to Air North in 1993 before returning to the USA in 1998 as N54AA. Sadly, the aircraft crashed while operating a freight flight for Caribbean Air on July 20, 2000. After losing an engine after take-off at Nassau, Bahamas, it failed to maintain altitude and crashed in a pine forest trying to return to the airport. This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 April 2020, and has since been viewed 643 times. |