on display since 1972, first with a pole under the tail. Now looking more "natural" with the tail on the ground. Still looking pristine even when fighting the, at the time, harsh Swiss winters

Preserved in the Transport Museum (Verkehrshaus)

Delivered to the USAAF as 44-77061 then to the RAF as KN683 in 1945. To Swissair as HB-IRN in 1947. Preserved at Lucerne from 1972.

Already covered very well here at AirHistory, so let me just add a recent picture. Her last real identity was N65371 and before that LN-KLV.

Originally USAF 44-77061, then RAF KN683. Sold to Swissair in 1947 for CHF 283.000 as HB-IRN. Flew with Swissair until 1964, then went to Swissair Aviation School until 1969. It was then given to the Swiss Transport Museum in Lucerne, Switzerland, after beeing restored by the Swissair Fokker Team. there is also a Swissair DC-3 HB-IRN at Munich, Germany that is cn 4828 with false markings.

Delivered to the USAAF as C-53 41-20058 in 1941. To the US War Department as NX34989 in 1942, DDL as OY-DCA in 1945, merged into SAS in 1948 and reregistered as OY-KLE in 1950. To Kar Air as OH-VKA in 1954, Norfly as LN-KLV in 1970 and to N65371 in 1976. Preserved at Frankfurt by 1978 then to Munich in 1993.

Ex Swissair Douglas Dc3 HB-IRN receiving some attention.

The real, historically significant HB-IRN is now on display at Lucerne. This is a former USAAF frame 41-20058 that later went on to fly in Scandinavian with DDL Danish Air Lines (OY-DCA), SAS (OY-KLE), Kar-Air (OH-KVA) and Nor-Fly (LN-KLV). It was sold as N65371. After retirement, from 1976 the plane was displayed on the viewing terrace at Frankfurt in 1989 as N569R, it was moved to the Historic Aeroplane collection at MUC in 1993.

Falsely painted as HB-IRN (c/n 33393), but is in fact ex N65371 and Nor-Fly LN-KLV before that.

The inaugural Swiss Air Lines departure of their scheduled service to Zurich (Kloten). The four hour flight occasionally made a refuelling stop at Brussels if strong headwinds were encountered.

A crowd greets the arrival of the first ever Swissair scheduled flight from Zurich at Ringway. This was the longest route to Manchester until late 1953. HB-IRN had served several RAF Squadrons as KN683 until bought by Swissair in March 1947. Now preserved at Luzern.

At the Visitors Hill at MUC, a modern CRJ is framed with two great classic airliners, and opposing WWII workhorses, the Ju 52 and DC-3. Originally 41-2005, a rare C-53B, this aircraft served with several airlines in Scandinavia after the war (lastly with Nor-Fly as LN-KLV), but never with Swissair. Its last real registration was N65371. The real HB-IRN still exists in Lucerne.