| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | "PH-ALR" |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47B Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 32966/16218 |
| Operator Titles: | KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | Reiger |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | LelystadMap |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EHLE IATA: LEY Local: - Other: - |
| Collection: | Aviodrome |
| Event: | Dakota Fly-In Lelystad 2006 |
| Photo Date: | 27 May 2006 |
| Photo by: | Kas van Zonneveld |
| Photo ID: | 406152 |
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Ex 44-76634 with the USAAF and KN487 with the RAF. Operated by Air Atlantique between July 1977 and June 1988 as G-AMCA. Cancelled in October 2003 and to the Aviodrome. It is painted in a short-lived pre-war orange livery. In September 1939, a KLM DC-3 operating a flight from Copenhagen to Amsterdam was shot at by a German fighter. After this, KLM put the word 'Holland' on the fuselage in large font, to prevent further misunderstandings (The Netherlands was (still) neutral at the time). At some point, the orange livery was introduced to further lower the threat to KLM's aircraft. This photo is copyright © Kas van Zonneveld, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 27 October 2021, and has since been viewed 142 times. |