| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | NC1648M |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss-Wright CW-20 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss C-46 Commando (CW-20) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-46F Commando |
| C/n (msn): | 22395 |
| Operator Titles: | Skyways International Trading & Transport |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Makassar - Sultan HasanuddinMap |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: WAAA IATA: UPG Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 30 December 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 162274 |
| Photo Comment |
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Photo taken in late 1948 after the photographer's flight from Menado to Makassar, Sulawesi. Miami company Skyways leased six USAF C-46Fs in 1948, including NC1648M, ex 44-7857. Parked behind is C-47 PK-DPE (c/n 12719), which served with the USAAF in Europe as 42-92870. It became DT-985 and NI-474 in the Netherlands East Indies air force, then to KNILM as PK-DPE in October 1947. As of December 1949 it served with Garuda under the same registration and later as PK-GDT, before becoming T-474 with the Indonesian air force. It may or may not be the C-47 preserved in Yogyakarta. Photo by: Cees Taillie / Tropenmuseum This photo was added on 30 August 2019, and has since been viewed 615 times. |