Aircraft Photo of N8071Z | Douglas C-53D Skytrooper | AirHistory.net #807340
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N8071Z
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-53D Skytrooper
C/n (msn):11746
Location
City / Airport:Munich - Riem (closed)Map
Country:Germany
Airport Codes:ICAO: EDDM   IATA: MUC   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:February 1980
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 807340
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-68819. Post-war conversion to DC-3A and to Svenska Kyrkans Missionsstyrelse as SE-APG Feb 1946 for missionary flights, later Nordiskt Missionsflyg. To AB Aerotransport July 19848, SAS from July 1949. To SNCSAO as F-BEIS January 1951, to French Air Force as 68819, to Brabier as F-BRGI November 1972, to Yugoslav Air Force as 71237, to YU-ABW November 1979. Then it gets interesting. Sold to Atlas Aircraft in Miami, FL as N8071Z and stored at Riem. In March 1981 she was registered 9Q-CYI and flown to South Africa bypassing the UN embargo on the country and given the SAAF serial 6875. This is the second 6875, the first was written off in 1964. Later converted to Turbo Dak. Photographer unknown

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