Aircraft Photo of VH-ABC | Douglas C-47A Skytrain

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VH-ABC
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):	12285

Location
City / Airport:	Sydney - Kingsford Smith InternationalMap
Region / Country:	New South Wales, Australia
Airport Codes:	ICAO: YSSY IATA: SYD Local: YSSY Other: -

Photo Date:	October 1949
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	519466

Photo Comment
The first photo to surface to show, even partially, the Department of Civil Aviation's C-47 VH-ABC. It was discovered in a New Zealand public collection. VH-ABC was registered in August 1949 and reregistered VH-CAQ in September 1950. It crashed at Camden, NSW on March 27, 1951. Photos of it as VH-CAQ before and after the accident do exist. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library This photo was added on 16 November 2022, and has since been viewed 238 times.

Photo Comment

The first photo to surface to show, even partially, the Department of Civil Aviation's C-47 VH-ABC. It was discovered in a New Zealand public collection. VH-ABC was registered in August 1949 and reregistered VH-CAQ in September 1950. It crashed at Camden, NSW on March 27, 1951. Photos of it as VH-CAQ before and after the accident do exist. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

This photo was added on 16 November 2022, and has since been viewed 238 times.

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