Registration / Serial:F-OABV
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
C/n (msn):7376
Operator Titles:Air Atlas / Air Maroc
City / Airport:Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:23 October 1956
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As 42-5682, this early C-47 (no suffix) was already in Algeria in 1943. She dropped paratroopers over Sainte-Mère-Église on D-Day. To SE-AYL. To Air Atlas in 1949. This company merged with Air Maroc, the predecessor of Royal Air Maroc, in 1953 but the aircraft still wears dual titles here on 23 October 1956. The previous day, it was flying leaders of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) to Tunis, but was intercepted by French aircraft and forced to land in Algiers. Aircraft to RAM and Moroccan air force. Photo by: Guy Defives-Choupin / ECPAD
Registration / Serial:F-OABV
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
C/n (msn):7376
Operator Titles:Air Atlas / Air Maroc
City / Airport:Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:23 October 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:F-OABV
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
C/n (msn):7376
Operator Titles:Air Atlas / Air Maroc
City / Airport:Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:23 October 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:818704Submit Correction
View count: 40
As 42-5682, this early C-47 (no suffix) was already in Algeria in 1943. She dropped paratroopers over Sainte-Mère-Église on D-Day. To SE-AYL. To Air Atlas in 1949. This company merged with Air Maroc, the predecessor of Royal Air Maroc, in 1953 but the aircraft still wears dual titles here on 23 October 1956. The previous day, it was flying leaders of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) to Tunis, but was intercepted by French aircraft and forced to land in Algiers. Aircraft to RAM and Moroccan air force. Photo by: Guy Defives-Choupin / ECPAD
Registration / Serial:F-OABV
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
C/n (msn):7376
Operator Titles:Air Atlas / Air Maroc
City / Airport:Algiers - Houari Boumediene (DAAG / ALG)Map
Country:Algeria
Photo Date:23 October 1956
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive