
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | VH-EAK |
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): | 12872 |
Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
Location | |
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Location: | Not known |
Country: | Papua New Guinea |
Photo Date: | 12 December 1946 to 23 October 1953 |
Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre) |
Photo ID: | 288829 |
Photo Comment |
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Originally built as a C-47A-20-DK, serial 42-93008. Served with the RAAF as A65-45, callsign 'VHCIB'. Acquired by Qantas in December 1946, registered VH-EAK(1). Seen here at an unknown location in New Guinea probably late 1940s. Sold to the Royal Thai Air Force in October 1953, becoming L2-13/96. Crashed in January 1980. This photo was added on 14 October 2020, and has since been viewed 333 times. |