| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | G-AOBN |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-53D Skytrooper |
| C/n (msn): | 11711 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Anglia |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | Aberdeen - DyceMap |
| Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGPD IATA: ABZ Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | July 1972 |
| Photo by: | David A. Montgomery |
| Photo ID: | 786014 |
| Photo Comment |
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Parked at Dyce's original Terminal Area on the Airfield's east side. Delivered new to the USAAF in 1943 as 42-68784. Became SE-BAU in 1945 with ABA and then SAS. Briefly re-registered F-OAIF of Air Outremer. Became G-AOBN in 1955 with Air Kruise, then with Silver City Airways from 1957 and British United Airways (Radio Calibration Unit from 1966. Joined Air Anglia in 1971. Transferred to Skyways Cargo in 1975. Exported to Ethiopia as ET-AGR in July 1977. Destroyed in an air raid on Jigiga Airport, Ethiopia on 12 August 1977. This photo is copyright © David A. Montgomery, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 5 March 2025, and has since been viewed 390 times. |