Registration / Serial:W-12
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):13210
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:June 1947 to November 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:583935Submit Correction
View count: 234
W-12 force landed on remote Gimbat Station after being struck by lightning on March 26, 1947. Towed more than 400km to Darwin through bushland, across rivers and along the gravel road from Katherine to Darwin as seen in the photo. Was to be shipped to Sydney for rebuild but offloaded at Brisbane for KLM to use as a wingless engine test rig at its Archerfield base. Sold in 1950 and the fuselage fitted to a truck chassis to make a motorhome. Still is use today with the Queensland number-plate VHDAK. Photo from Library and Archives NT
Registration / Serial:W-12
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):13210
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:June 1947 to November 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:W-12
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):13210
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:June 1947 to November 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:583935Submit Correction
View count: 234
W-12 force landed on remote Gimbat Station after being struck by lightning on March 26, 1947. Towed more than 400km to Darwin through bushland, across rivers and along the gravel road from Katherine to Darwin as seen in the photo. Was to be shipped to Sydney for rebuild but offloaded at Brisbane for KLM to use as a wingless engine test rig at its Archerfield base. Sold in 1950 and the fuselage fitted to a truck chassis to make a motorhome. Still is use today with the Queensland number-plate VHDAK. Photo from Library and Archives NT
Registration / Serial:W-12
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):13210
Operator Titles:Netherlands - Navy
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:June 1947 to November 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive