Aircraft Photo of LN-WND | Douglas C-53D Skytrooper | Norway - Air Force | AirHistory.net #144976
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:LN-WND
Military Code:73-Z
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-53D Skytrooper
C/n (msn):11750
Display Paint:Norway - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:DuxfordMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGSU   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Flying Legends 2013
 
Photo Date:13 July 2013
Photo by:Mick Bajcar
Photo ID: 144976
Photo Comment

Painted in unusual Norway AF / RAF No. 20 Transport Squadron markings, which were only briefly carried in Norway between June 1945 and Feb 1946. This Squadron, unrelated to the RAF's own No.20 Squadron, was in fact a continuation of the German Air Force 20 Transportfliegergeschwader. The squadron, formally controlled by the RAF, was the first step in re-establishing civil aviation in Norway after the war, using several DC-3s and Lockheed L-18 Lodestars. In 1946 the DC-3s were transferred to DNL, Norway's main pre-war airline and one of the predecessors of SAS.

This photo is copyright © Mick Bajcar, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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