Aircraft Photo of B-126 | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Civil Aeronautics Administration | AirHistory.net #368620
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:B-126
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):13612
Operator Titles:Civil Aeronautics Administration
Local Operator Name:民用航空局
Location
City / Airport:Taoyuan - Taiwan InternationalMap
Country:Taiwan
Airport Codes:ICAO: RCTP   IATA: TPE   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:Chung Cheng Aviation Museum
 
Photo Date:19 October 1994
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 368620
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-93674 in 1944. Sold as VH-ANY in 1945. Reregistered as VH-AVK in 1946 and VH-MMM in 1955. To Far East Air Transport as B-259 in 1969. To the Taiwan CAA as B-126 from 1972. Preserved at the museum from 1981. It closed to allow for airport expansion in 2014 and the aircraft were put into storage.

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