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EHGR Gilze-Rijen 05-05-2025

27-11-2015 - Iberia, Douglas C-47B Skytrain (DC-3).

Two recognisable Spanish brands.
This beautifully preserved C-47 is on display at the Malaga Airport Museum (Located at Malaga Airport - Free entry!).
Displayed as EC-ABC, this aircraft is in fact EC-CPO.

The real EC-ABC unfortunately crashed in the Pico del Telegrafio mountains, Cuenca, on 29th April 1959 while on a scheduled flight from Barcelona to Madrid.

Info:

The aircraft was built in 1945 and delivered as 45-1091 to the US Air Force in August 1945 - attached to the Air Transport Command 556 Base Unit.
It was de-commissioned in 1961 and registered as N86442 to the Charlotte Aircraft Corporation on 5-10-1961.
The aircraft was then delivered the Spanish Air Force as T.3-50 on 5-5-1962. In late 1977 the aircraft was sold to Aerotransporte de Espana and registered EC-CPO. The aircraft was withdrawn from use on 19-8-1978 and was never flown again. It sat at Alicante airport for over years before being purchased by the Malaga Airport Museum in 2003 and was transported by road to the museum. It was restored and displayed in the I.D of EC-ABC.
C/n - 17094/34361

27-11-2015 - Iberia, Douglas C-47B Skytrain (DC-3).

Two recognisable Spanish brands.
This beautifully preserved C-47 is on display at the Malaga Airport Museum (Located at Malaga Airport - Free entry!).
Displayed as EC-ABC, this aircraft is in fact EC-CPO.

The real EC-ABC unfortunately crashed in the Pico del Telegrafio mountains, Cuenca, on 29th April 1959 while on a scheduled flight from Barcelona to Madrid.

Info:

The aircraft was built in 1945 and delivered as 45-1091 to the US Air Force in August 1945 - attached to the Air Transport Command 556 Base Unit.
It was de-commissioned in 1961 and registered as N86442 to the Charlotte Aircraft Corporation on 5-10-1961.
The aircraft was then delivered the Spanish Air Force as T.3-50 on 5-5-1962. In late 1977 the aircraft was sold to Aerotransporte de Espana and registered EC-CPO. The aircraft was withdrawn from use on 19-8-1978 and was never flown again. It sat at Alicante airport for over years before being purchased by the Malaga Airport Museum in 2003 and was transported by road to the museum. It was restored and displayed in the I.D of EC-ABC.
C/n - 17094/34361

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Sand Ford"KSFB/SFB"

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Lake Land"KLAL/LAL"

RMA Warrumbungle, Douglas DC-3, Bourke, New South Wales, 17 August 1949, State Library of New South Wales, collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/APJJO6Je88Gqj

RMA Warrumbungle had been converted to a 24-seater passenger aircraft with eight windows on each side of the cabin. www.airhistory.net/aircraft-name/6230/RMA-Warrumbungle

Photo from the Gerd Killian collection, scan kindly provided by Klaus Held for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
1968-07-19 (19 July 1968)

92633
Douglas C-47D
10246
Royal Hellenic Air Force


The BAC One-Eleven in the background is probably Bavaria’s D-ANDY also reported at Riem that day. Another Royal Hellenic Air Force C-47D, 92622, was noted at Riem about two months later, on 11 September 1968. Otherwise, I have no further reports of any RHAF C-47s at Riem in the 1960s or 1970s. However, sister ship 92629 was displayed and performed at the Landsberg Air Base open day in September 1977, about 60 km from Munich.

Information from joebaugher.com:
42-24384 (MSN 10246) delivered to USAAF Sep 13, 1943. Oran, Algeria 21Oct43. 62nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Saltby (Station 538). Transported paratroopers of the Headquarters, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone one mile NW of Picauville, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Boston’ 6Jun44.
Condemned May 31, 1946, salvaged; Babb Co, Inc, Glendale, CA; Mutual Defense Assistance Program as 49-2633; rebuilt by Aviation Maintenance Company, Van Nuys, Glendale, CA; departed Van Nuys c30Nov49; To Royal Hellenic AF as 49-2633

More information from joebaugher.com about the Skytrains for Greece and this particular airframe:

49-2612/2641 Douglas C-47 Skytrain: Early model C-47s acquired from commercial sources in the USA by Babb Corporation, rebuilt by Aviation Maintenance Company, Van Nuys, Glendale, CA to USAF Contract AF 5725.
Delivered to Royal Hellenic Air Force under MDAP as 92612/92641. Renamed Hellenic AF from 1973.

49-2633 (MSN 10246) delivered to USAAF 13Sep43 as 42-24384; Oran, Algiers 21Oct43; 8th Air Force 8Apr44; 9th Air Force; Condemned 31May46; salvaged; Babb Co, Inc, Glendale, CA; Mutual Defense Assistance Program as 49-2633; rebuilt by Aviation Maintenance Company, Van Nuys, Glendale, CA; departed Van Nuys c30Nov49; Royal Hellenic Air Force as 49-2633; 355 Transport Squadron, Elefsis; WFU 22Feb77


92633 landing at MLA in July 1970 (revised camouflage):
scontent-fra5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/67403389_9395898...

92633 without camouflage, date unknown:
www.colori.nl/vliegtuigen/Aircraft110/92633.jpg


Scan from black-and-white print.

Photo from the Theo Kastner collection, kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.


München-Riem
February 1976

N893
Douglas C-47B Skytrain
33052/16304
ATC Inc.

Following acquistion from Luftwaffe (West German Air Force), N893 was parked at Riem for a few days in February 1976 still in dayglo/camouflage before it left for Malta (noted from 4 February 1976 to 10 February 1976). Sister ship N895 (ex-Luftwaffe 14+09) followed from Riem to Malta later in February 1976, sister ship N894 (ex-Luftwaffe 14+08) in March 1976.

This C-47B had been in West German Air Force service from April 1957 wearing the serials GA-108, AS+588, AB+588, AA+588, XA-119 and 14+04. From February 1969, Luftwaffe used the aircraft for Communication Intelligence (COMINT) purposes on flights along the then inner-German border and in the ADIZ (Air Defense Indentification Zone). (Source: www.manfred-bischoff.de/luft.htm)

Information from joebaugher.com:
44-76720 (MSN 16304/33052) to USAAF Apr 7 1945. To RAF as Dakota IV KN514 via RAF Montreal Apr 8, 1945. 24 Sqn RAF 20Jun45. 525 Sqn RAF 07Aug46. 435 Sqn RAF. 238 Sqn RAF. Oakington RAF. 110 Sqn RAF. 22 MU RAF 15Feb50. Transferred to Military Assistance Advisory Group Nov 2, 1954.

Returned to USAAF as C-47B-30-DK 44-76720 04Nov55.

To German AF as Lw GA+108 Apr57. IILTG 61 Apr57. AS+588 FFS "S" 1959. AB+588 FFS "B" 1961. AA+588 FFS "A" 1962. XA+119 LVSt 6121963. 4/FmLu V Rgt 61 30May64. 14+04 13Nov67.

To N893 ATC Inc, Hal Far, Malta D Feb76. R21May76 Pyramid Airlines L 1977. Registered as N893 in 1977 to ATC Incorporated, Reno, Nevada and noted as operating in Malta May 1981 with Arax Airlines. Registered as N515GL and cancelled Jun 6, 1988.

According to aviationinmalta, the aircraft was finally operated by Transamazonica Lida Colombia as HK-3360X from 1988 to 1995.

Additional information from aviationinmalta.com:
Arr at Luqa on 11.02.76 in full NATO dayglo/ camouflage but military markings overpainted. Departed on 07.04.76. W/o titles on 01.05.77, Pyramid A/L by 21.12.77, again w/o markings after this date, Pyramid A/Ls titles on 25.02.78, 15th Aug and 2nd Sept and between 15.10.80 and 03.02.83 – entered MIACO w/Geosource titles on 05.11.84 - w/o markings 13.01.85. Departed Malta for Spain on unknown date.

This airframe as AS+588 with Luftwaffe Flugzeugführerschule "S" ca. 1959:
www.flyjets.de/bw/einheit/bilder/ffss-c47.jpg

This airframe as XA+119 with Luftwaffe ca. 1970s:
www.manfred-bischoff.de/images/XA-119_COMINT.jpg

This airframe as 14+04 with Luftwaffe ca. mid-1970s:
www.manfred-bischoff.de/images/X_14+04_COMINT.jpg

N893 freshly civilianized at Hal Far, Malta, in March 1976:
www.airhistory.net/photo/404254/N893

N893 with Pyramid Airlines at MLA in October 1980:
www.airhistory.net/photo/440349/N893

N893 with Geosource at MLA in February 1983:
www.airhistory.net/photo/444878/N893

This airframe as N515GL at Malaga, Spain, in August 1987:
www.flickr.com/photos/kitmasterbloke/49205376388


Scan from Kodachrome slide.

Photo from the Andreas Rink collection, slide kindly provided for scanning by Florian Weiß.


München-Riem
ca. mid-1960s

YU-ACA
Douglas C-47A-1-DK Skytrain
12210
Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT)

YU-ACA was not an unusual visitor to Riem in the 1960s - I have reports from 22 December 1967, 18 October 1968 and 31 December 1970. Here the aircraft is taxiing to runway 25 for take-off. JAT used DC-3s for services to Riem for almost 20 years, initially flying passengers and later only freight.

Information from joebaugher.com:
42-92412 (MSN 12210) to USAAF Dec 31, 1943. To RAF in UK as FZ651 Jan 30, 1944. 512 Sqdn RAF Feb 14, 1944. 1383 (Transport) Conversion Unit, RAF Crosby on Eden; No.512 Squadron 14Feb44; No.1383 No.22 Maintenance Unit, RAF Silloth, Cumberland 14May46; WFU May 14, 1946. Foreign Liquidation Commission; Connor Aircraft 10Apr47; Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) 2May47; registered YU-ACA in 1947. Then to Yemen Jan 1, 1974 as 4W-ABW. To ET-AHP Ethiopian Airlines May 16, 1981. Crashed on takeoff due to a burst tire at Makale, Ethiopia 22Aug82.

YU-ACA with JAT at DUS in 1962:
www.planepictures.net/a/51/49/1154349431.jpg

YU-ACA taxiing out from its stand at Riem ca. early 1968:
www.airhistory.net/photos/0461532.jpg


Scan from slide (unknown brand).

Photo from the Andreas Rink collection, slide kindly provided for scanning by Florian Weiss..


München-Riem
ca. 1967 to 1969

G-AJRY
Douglas C-47A Skytrain
13331
Standard Telephones and Cables (STC)

G-AJRY was noted at Riem a number of times in the mid to late 1960s. The first report I have is from 3 October 1965, further sightings were noted on 31 August 1966, 22 October 1967, 5 & 6 March 1968, 1 & 2 May 1968 and 26 November 1969.

Information from joebaugher.com:
42-93421 (MSN 13331) to USAAF May 17, 1944. To RAF as Dakota III KG600 via RAM Montreal May 23, 1944. 1 FU RAF. 105 (T)OTU Sep 18, 1944. 4378 Sqdn RAF Sep 28, 1944. To RCAF Apr 22, 1946 as 601B Inst a/F.
To civil registry as N96U with Freeport Nickel CO Mar 1959, then CU-P-702 with Moa Bay Mining Co May 237, 1959, then N702S with Freeport Sulphur Co then to International Telephone and Telegraph Corp Oct 1962, then to G-ASDX with standard Telephones and Cables Ltd Nov 19, 1962, then reregistered G-AJRY Nov 21, 1962 (erroneously on basis of incorrectly reported c/n for original G-AJRY), Returned to UK as G-ASDX registered Nov 19, 1962 but NTU when it was realised that it had previously been G-AJRY.
T. D. Keegan tla Transmeridian Air Cargo Jul 3, 1970. T. D. Keegan Sep 16, 1971.
Then ZS-PTG United Air Services of South Africa Apr 1, 1974. Aandriver Safaris ta USA Mar 1976, then A2-ACG Air Services Botswana Fe 8, 2980, then ZS-PTG UAS 1980. Current 2009.

Probably still current in 2023 as ZS-CRV "Delaney" with Classic Air Travel - the most recent photo I found is from June 2020.

Detailed history of this airframe including photos:
www.dc-3.co.za/dc-3-individual-aircraft-history/cn-13331....

This airframe as G-ASDX with STC ca. 1962:
www.dc-3.co.za/images/stories/13331%20G-ASDX%20John%20Mil...

G-ARJY with STC at LHR in February 1965:
abpic.co.uk/pictures/registration/G-AJRY

G-ARJY with Transmeridian at LGW in 1971:
www.flickr.com/photos/131595817@N05/16913985068

This airframe as A2-ACG with Air Services Botswana in February 1980:
www.dc-3.co.za/images/stories/13331%20A2-ACG%20John%20Mil...

This airframe as ZS-PTG with United Air in December 1983:
www.dc-3.co.za/images/stories/13331%20ZS-PTG%20United%20A...

ZS-PTG with Debon Air at HLA in June 1998:
www.flickr.com/photos/lrs747/48055277748

ZS-PTG with Debon Air at HLA in April 2000:
www.flickr.com/photos/133813370@N04/32213926077

This airframe as ZS-CRV with Rovos Air at HLA in June 2008:
www.airhistory.net/photo/556903/ZS-CRV

ZS-CRV with Classic Air Travel at Pretoria-Wonderboom (PRY/FAWB) in June 2020:
cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/87854_1593265797.jpg


Scan from slide (unknown brand, possibly Agfa).