Aircraft Photo of OK-XDM | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | ČSA - Československé Aerolinie - Czechoslovak Airlines

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	OK-XDM
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):	19539
Operator Titles:	ČSA - Československé Aerolinie - Czechoslovak Airlines

Location
City / Airport:	Budapest - Ferenc LisztMap
Country:	Hungary
Airport Codes:	ICAO: LHBP IATA: BUD Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	January 1950 to March 1960
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	802660

Photo Comment
C-47s seemed to ignore the Iron Curtain. Ex 43-15073, OK-XDM served with ČSA from 1946 until 1960. It was sold to France, then to Yugoslavia and is on display at Merville, Normandy since 2007. Note: ex Panagra DC-3 N18119 (c/n 1995) was on display as "OK-XDM" for some time. In the foreground is a LOT Polish Airlines C-47A, SP-LCE, ex 42-100826 (c/n 19289). This one ended up in Iran. LHBP airport was dedicated in 1950. The concrete control tower was apparently thought to be pretty as there were two of them, for reasons of symmetry only. Photo from: Fortepan This photo was added on 24 April 2025, and has since been viewed 161 times.

Photo Comment

C-47s seemed to ignore the Iron Curtain. Ex 43-15073, OK-XDM served with ČSA from 1946 until 1960. It was sold to France, then to Yugoslavia and is on display at Merville, Normandy since 2007. Note: ex Panagra DC-3 N18119 (c/n 1995) was on display as "OK-XDM" for some time. In the foreground is a LOT Polish Airlines C-47A, SP-LCE, ex 42-100826 (c/n 19289). This one ended up in Iran. LHBP airport was dedicated in 1950. The concrete control tower was apparently thought to be pretty as there were two of them, for reasons of symmetry only. Photo from: Fortepan

This photo was added on 24 April 2025, and has since been viewed 161 times.

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