Built as 43-49474 in 25Nov44. Delivered to the RAF as KK151 18Dec44. To Starways as G-AMRA 08Mar52. To Airwork 11Apr53 and flew in the Berlin Airlift as XE280 for the RAF. As G-AMRA it then flew for a series of UK Airlines over the years. Aden Oil Refining, BUA, Morton, BUIA, British Island Airways, Macedonian Aviation, Humber Airways, Intra Airways, Eastern Airways before joining Air Atlantique on 21Oct81. To Atlantic Air Transport 22Jul00. To Air Service Berlin still as G-AMRA on 23Oct15 and based at Berlin Schonefeld. Registration cancelled 29 Oct 2019.

This C-47 was built at Oklahoma City and was TOC with the USAAF as 43-49296. It went on to serve with the RAF (as KK107) and the AdlA (349296), before being demobbed and acquiring through time the registrations F-RAFI, F-RAVA and F-BTDC. At some point the plane joined the Yugoslav AF as 71255 and is preserved, along with two F-84Gs, at the entrance to this small airfield.

Built to USAAF order but delivered to the RAAF in 1945 as A65-72. Disposed of to Adastra Airways in 1959 becoming VH-AGU. In later years with East-West Airlines it became the test aircraft for the Interscan microwave landing system before being retired in 1979. Resurrected in the 1980s, it passed though the hands of a long list of small charter operators before being acquired by Jeff Trappett and restored in USAF gunship markings.

Built under USAAF serial 44-77104 but immediately transferred to the RAF as KP220 on 09 Jun 1945. Transferred to the UK civil register as G-ANAF on 17 Jun 1953 with BKS Aerocharter. Renamed BKS Air Transport 01 Jan 1954. To Hunting Aerosurveys on 07 Nov 1958. Air Atlantique acquired her on 21 Oct 1977. To Air Luton on 12 Mar 1985 and Topflight in Feb 1986. Sold to Starlight Corp as N170GP on 29 May 1987. Back to Air Atlantique as G-ANAF in 1989. To Racal Electronics Jan 1998 and Thale Avionics Aug 2001. To RVL Aviation on 13 Nov 2015 and still current in 2023 with Aero Legends flying as KP220.

On display at the first open day at the IWM Duxford facility. Ex-Hunting Surveys. WFU in April 1973, presented to the East Anglian Aviation Society and undergoing restoration. Sold to West Country Aircraft Servicing in March 1977 and on to Air Atlantique in October 1977. Current in 2023 with Aero Legends in RAF colours as "KP220".

This photo taken when the airline ceased operation. Note the third aircraft, VH-EQB. The unusual cockpit window was converted for the Royal Australian Air Force for ease of view in its Woomera missile program.

Seen at the first open day at the IWM Duxford facility. Performed a series of flypasts in the flying display. To C-GOZA in September 1974. Returned as G-ANTC with Air Atlantique 1982, To N4261P, N124SF, HK-3215. Damaged in 2019.

Kelowna Flightcraft added this DC-3 to their fleet in January 1990 for freight work on the west coast. It was normally dedicated to the Vancouver - Nanaimo Purolator courier run. On the evening of January 13, 1999, the connecting Purolater 727 was delayed inbound to Vancouver and the night's routing for the DC-3 changed to Vancouver - Victoria - Nanaimo. While flying to Victoria, the aircraft struck trees passing over Mayne Island trying to maintain VFR below clouds and crashed in a small valley.

Seen at the first open day at the IWM Duxford facility. Performed a series of flypasts in the flying display. To C-GOZA in September 1974. Returned as G-ANTC with Air Atlantique 1982, To N4261P, N124SF, HK-3215. Damaged in 2019.

Ex 42-49038, N8383. Flown here for preservation in June 1988. The real I-LEON was C-47 41-7816 (c/n 4316), which served with LAI from 1947 until 1957 and then in the Italian air force as MM61896. Note the F-104S Starfighter on the extreme left, MM6776, which is preserved at the Leonardo plant. TF-104G MM54228 rests close to the C-47, but is on military terrain.

Douglas C-47 43-49455 was delivered to the RAF as Dakota KK135 in 1944. Returned to the USAF in 1956, it was transferred to the German Air Force in 1957. Registered N3161Q in 1970, the aircraft first came to Malta for storage 1970 - 74 before working in Egypt for oil companies with a resurgence of off shore exploration. Pictured after service with Pyramid Airlines (1978 - 84), it was registered N513GL circa 1986 and moved to Malaga, Spain. Slated for turbo conversion in the early 90s, it instead moved to Poland where it remains, now preserved at Zerniki Gadki Airfield in Gądki, Poland .

Any help on the location is appreciated.

Agricultural aircraft. Damaged at Palmerston North on July 13, 1975 and withdrawn from use. Ended its days being used for fire practice, Bob Kerr photo