Aircraft Photo of PH-TCA | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines | AirHistory.net #433143
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:PH-TCA
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):12953
Operator Titles:KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines
Location
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
 
Photo Date:February 1946 to December 1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 433143
Photo Comment

Early postwar KLM airliner. 42-93081 transferred to Dutch in July 1945. Assigned paramilitary reg NL-208. To West Indies Branch as PJ-ALG. Used as cartographic aircraft. Withdrawn because of compass problems. According to KLM, sold straight to Avianca for spares in April 1949. According to Joe Baugher's website, to SAM from Medellín first as C-521 in July 1948. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)

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