Aircraft Photo of VH-BPN | Douglas C-47B Skytrain | Dakota National Air | AirHistory.net #439991
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VH-BPN
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Skytrain
C/n (msn):32945/16197
Operator Titles:Dakota National Air
Location
City / Airport:Sydney - BankstownMap
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:ICAO: YSBK   IATA: BWU   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:21 September 2004
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 439991
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as 44-76613 then to the RAF as KN470 in 1945. To the Pakistan Air Force as H-717 in 1947. Registered as G-ANMA then VH-MML in 1954, P2-MML in 1974, P2-ANV in 1975 and VH-MML then VH-BPN in 1977. Operated by Dakota National Air from 1995. Renamed to Discovery Airways in 2002 and went bankrupt in 2004. Stored at Bankstown. Moved by road to Molong in 2009.

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