| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | VH-EAK |
| 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): | 12872 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Location: | Not known |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Photo Date: | 12 December 1946 to 23 October 1953 |
| Photo from: | Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre) |
| Photo ID: | 288829 |
| Photo Comment |
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Originally built as a C-47A-20-DK, serial 42-93008. Served with the RAAF as A65-45, callsign 'VHCIB'. Acquired by Qantas in December 1946, registered VH-EAK(1). Seen here at an unknown location in New Guinea probably late 1940s. Sold to the Royal Thai Air Force in October 1953, becoming L2-13/96. Crashed in January 1980. This photo was added on 14 October 2020, and has since been viewed 256 times. |