Aircraft Photo of CF-QHY | Douglas C-47B Skytrain | AirHistory.net #779814
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:CF-QHY
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):26005/14560
Location
City / Airport:Gimli - Industrial ParkMap
Region / Country:Manitoba, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: CYGM   IATA: YGM   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:3 August 2011
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 779814
Photo Comment

Parked on an untidy ramp at Gimli Airport where it had been operated by FNT First Nations Transportation Inc. Still carrying elements of its previous later colours in service with Plummer's Lodges. Taken on charge new by the USAAF in 1943 as 43-48744. Transferred to the RCAF as 977, later re-numbered as 12958. Became CF-QHY in 1972. Joined FNT in 2007. Registered for a second time to Sioux Narrows Airways of Winnipeg, MB in 2009. Withdrawn from use and put into storage at Oshkosh, WI registered to Basler Turbo Conversions as N167TW in 2015.

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