Aircraft Photo of HC-BOT | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | AirHistory.net #434384
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:HC-BOT
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):9831
Location
City / Airport:Guayaquil - José Joaquín de OlmedoMap
Country:Ecuador
Airport Codes:ICAO: SEGU   IATA: GYE   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:3 April 2003
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 434384
Photo Comment

This DC-3 was unidentified at the time of the photo but other photos on this site confirm its identity, Delivered to the USAAF as 42-23969 then to the RCAF as 655 in 1943. Sold as CF-QJZ in 1971. Reregistered as C-FQJZ in 1976, N8064A in 1979 and HC-BOT in 1988. Still in service in 1997. Scrapped in 2011/12. The nose was used as a simulator..

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