Aircraft Photo of F-BAXR | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | Rousseau Aviation | AirHistory.net #557847
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:F-BAXR
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):20100
Operator Titles:Rousseau Aviation
Location
City / Airport:JerseyMap
Country:Jersey
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGJJ   IATA: JER   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1963
Photo from:Tim Spearman Collection
Photo ID: 557847
Photo Comment

Ex USAAF 43-15634 and purchased by Air France in January 1947. Rousseau Aviation initially leased the aircraft from Air France in 1963 and bought it in October 1964. Seen wearing an adapted Air France livery before re-painting into Rousseau's own colours. It went on to fly with TAT and Uni Air before being withdrawn at Toulouse (LFBO/TLS) in May 1976 and was scrapped there in 1978.

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