Registration / Serial:MW169
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 685 York
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 685 York
Aircraft Version:Avro 685 York C1
C/n (msn):[ MW169 ]
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 July 1945 to 23 July 1952
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MW169 was given to General de Gaulle by Winston Churchill in the summer of 1945. He may not have used it much himself since he also received a C-54, 44-9148, from President Truman. The aircraft wears regular French roundels on the wings and the Free French Cross of Lorraine on the fuselage; the latter was removed at some point. MW169 transferred to the French navy in 1954. The C-45F Expeditor on the right, 44-86905, was remanufactured with a new serial in 1952. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:MW169
Aircraft Version:Avro 685 York C1
C/n (msn):[ MW169 ]
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 July 1945 to 23 July 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:MW169
Aircraft Original Type:Avro 685 York
Aircraft Generic Type:Avro 685 York
Aircraft Version:Avro 685 York C1
C/n (msn):[ MW169 ]
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 July 1945 to 23 July 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:400261Submit Correction
View count: 691
MW169 was given to General de Gaulle by Winston Churchill in the summer of 1945. He may not have used it much himself since he also received a C-54, 44-9148, from President Truman. The aircraft wears regular French roundels on the wings and the Free French Cross of Lorraine on the fuselage; the latter was removed at some point. MW169 transferred to the French navy in 1954. The C-45F Expeditor on the right, 44-86905, was remanufactured with a new serial in 1952. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
Registration / Serial:MW169
Aircraft Version:Avro 685 York C1
C/n (msn):[ MW169 ]
Operator Titles:France - Air Force
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
Photo Date:1 July 1945 to 23 July 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive