Aircraft Photo of SE-BSM | Douglas C-53 Skytrooper | Luftfartsverket | AirHistory.net #670233
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:SE-BSM
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-53 Skytrooper
C/n (msn):7353
Operator Titles:Luftfartsverket / Swedair
Location
City / Airport:Norrköping - KungsängenMap
Country:Sweden
Airport Codes:ICAO: ESSP   IATA: NRK   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:26 June 1987
Photo by:Ole Johan Beck
Photo ID: 670233
Photo Comment

Built 1942 for USAAF as 42-15558. April 9th 1946 LN-IAK DNL named "Norkyn". Ocotober 1948 LN-IAK entered SAS as "Knut Viking". In July 1954 rr to SE-BSM. December 1957 SE-BSM Linjeflyg until June 1965 when taken over by Svensk Flygtjãnst and converted for calibration of ILS equipment on Swedish airports, hence the titles of Luftafrtsverket on the fuselage. in 1975 svensk Flytjänst and Crownair merged to become Swedair. Late 1998 sold to a private German for use as a veteran airliner. May 1990 D-CCCC for Classic Wings, until it sadly crashed near Heidelberg December 22nd 1991.

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