Aircraft Photo of G-DAKS / G-AGHY | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Ruskin Air Services | AirHistory.net #376547
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:G-DAKS
Alternate Registration:G-AGHY
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):19347
Operator Titles:Ruskin Air Services
Aircraft Name:Vera Lynn
Location
City / Airport:Biggin HillMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGKB   IATA: BQH   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Biggin Hill Air Fair 1982
 
Photo Date:15 May 1982
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 376547
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-100884 in 1943. To the RAF as TS423 in 1944. After the war she went to Short Brothers, Scottish Aviation, Marshalls and Ferranti. At Ferranti she acquired a non standard nose for testing air pass radar for the Lightning fighter. Saved from the scrapman by Aces High in 1979 and registered as G-DAKS. Painted in ficticious Ruskin Air Services colours with fake reg G-AGHY for the TV series Airline. Reregistered as N147DC in 1998.

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