| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | G-AKJH |
| 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): | 13164 |
| Operator Titles: | Derby Airways |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Derby - Burnaston (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGBD IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 28 February 1962 |
| Photo from: | Tim Spearman Collection |
| Photo ID: | 677297 |
| Photo Comment |
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Ex 42-93271 and KG572. Bought by Derby Aviation in April 1961 and sold to Gregory Air Services in May 1965, leased by them for a short period in 1967 to Emerald Airways as EI-ARR. Flew in Africa from August 1968 as VQ-ZJB, 3D-AAH, A2-ZHR and ZS-KAT. Joined the Rhodesian AF in January 1978 as R3700 and became 3700 with the Zimbabwe AF in April 1980. Withdrawn and stored at Manyame by February 1998 it was one of five ex Zimbabwe AF C-47s transported by road to Wonderboom in July/August 2017. Registered to Preferred Air Parts as N568PT and cancelled from the US register in May 2023 This photo was added on 15 April 2024, and has since been viewed 75 times. |