Aircraft Photo of G-AKJH | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Derby Airways | AirHistory.net #677297
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-AKJH
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):13164
Operator Titles:Derby Airways
Location
City / Airport:Derby - Burnaston (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGBD   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:28 February 1962
Photo from:Tim Spearman Collection
Photo ID: 677297
Photo Comment

Ex 42-93271 and KG572. Bought by Derby Aviation in April 1961 and sold to Gregory Air Services in May 1965, leased by them for a short period in 1967 to Emerald Airways as EI-ARR. Flew in Africa from August 1968 as VQ-ZJB, 3D-AAH, A2-ZHR and ZS-KAT. Joined the Rhodesian AF in January 1978 as R3700 and became 3700 with the Zimbabwe AF in April 1980. Withdrawn and stored at Manyame by February 1998 it was one of five ex Zimbabwe AF C-47s transported by road to Wonderboom in July/August 2017. Registered to Preferred Air Parts as N568PT and cancelled from the US register in May 2023

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