Aircraft Photo of PK-GDD | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Garuda Indonesian Airways

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	PK-GDD
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):	19690
Operator Titles:	Garuda Indonesian Airways

Location
City / Airport:	Jakarta - Kemayoran (closed)Map
Country:	Indonesia
Airport Codes:	ICAO: WIID IATA: JKT Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	January 1974
Photo from:	Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:	282478

Photo Comment
Delivered to the USAAF as 43-25224. Transferred to the RAAF 19 (Netherlands East Indies) Sqd as DT-973/VHRCO in 1945, then to KNILM - Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij - as PK-RCO in 1947. With the independence of Indonesia in 1949, the aircraft went to Garuda and re-registered as PK-GDD in 1956. From June 1974 PK-WHH with World Wide Helicopters. Wfu in 1981 and stored in Surabaya where I saw it in 1995. This photo was added on 25 September 2020, and has since been viewed 621 times.

Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as 43-25224. Transferred to the RAAF 19 (Netherlands East Indies) Sqd as DT-973/VHRCO in 1945, then to KNILM - Koninklijke Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij - as PK-RCO in 1947. With the independence of Indonesia in 1949, the aircraft went to Garuda and re-registered as PK-GDD in 1956. From June 1974 PK-WHH with World Wide Helicopters. Wfu in 1981 and stored in Surabaya where I saw it in 1995.

This photo was added on 25 September 2020, and has since been viewed 621 times.

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