Registration / Serial:JA6205
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44432 / 510
Operator Titles:Japan Air Lines - JAL
Promotional Titles:Olympic Special
Aircraft Name:City of Osaka
City / Airport:Darwin (YPDN / DRW)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:November 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:567683Submit Correction
View count: 933
This aircraft, taking athletes to or from the Melbourne Olympics, was likely the first Japanese aircraft to visit Australia after WW2. That it stopped at Darwin was more significant because Darwin was bombed many times by Japanese aircraft during the war, the final raid in November 1943. JA6502 was sold in Peru in August 1966 as OB-R-846. Photo from: Library and Archives NT
Registration / Serial:JA6205
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44432 / 510
Operator Titles:Japan Air Lines - JAL
City / Airport:Darwin (YPDN / DRW)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:November 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:JA6205
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-6
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44432 / 510
Operator Titles:Japan Air Lines - JAL
Promotional Titles:Olympic Special
Aircraft Name:City of Osaka
City / Airport:Darwin (YPDN / DRW)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:November 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:567683Submit Correction
View count: 933
This aircraft, taking athletes to or from the Melbourne Olympics, was likely the first Japanese aircraft to visit Australia after WW2. That it stopped at Darwin was more significant because Darwin was bombed many times by Japanese aircraft during the war, the final raid in November 1943. JA6502 was sold in Peru in August 1966 as OB-R-846. Photo from: Library and Archives NT
Registration / Serial:JA6205
Aircraft Version:Douglas DC-6B
C/n (msn):44432 / 510
Operator Titles:Japan Air Lines - JAL
City / Airport:Darwin (YPDN / DRW)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:November 1956 to December 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive