Aircraft Photo of G-AMYJ | Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk.4 | Department of Transport - Pollution Control | AirHistory.net #366403
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-AMYJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk.4
C/n (msn):32716/15968
Operator Titles:Department of Transport - Pollution Control / Harvest Air
Location
City / Airport:ExeterMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGTE   IATA: EXT   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:April 1987
Photo by:Michael Roeser
Photo ID: 366403
Photo Comment

K25 slide scan. Built 1945 as KN353 for RAF. Civilianized as G-AMYJ for Transair 1953, trooping as XF747. Jersey Airlines 1959, BUA 1963, Morton Air Services 1965, South West Aviation 1968, Intra Airways 1972, leased to Nile Delta as SU-AZF 1976, returned 1977. Eastern Airways 1978, Air Atlantique 1981, Harvest Air 1982, operating as sprayer for DoT. Janes Aviation 1988, Air Atlantique 1990, withdrawn Coventry past 1996. Yorkshire Air Museum 2001, restored and painted first as KG427, then as KN353, its original identity, in taxying condition. Seen here undergoing maintenance at Westcountry Aircraft Servicing Ltd.

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