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SKYTRAIN/43-49377
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Serial #: 43-49377
Construction #: 15193/26638
Civil Registration:
  VH-PTE
Location:
  29°29'03.3"S 149°50'42.8"E
Model(s):
  C-47B-40-DK Skytrain
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 43-49377.
  • BOC: November 16, 1944.
Delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force as A65-67.
  • BOC: January 23, 1945.
  • Assigned to 3 AD, January 23, 1945.
  • Transferred to 38 Squadron, February 15, 1945.
  • Transferred to 37 Squadron, September 1947.
  • Transferred to 38 Squadron, August 1954.
  • Transferred to ANS RAAF Base East Sale, 1955.
Delivered to Papua New Guinea Defense Force as P65-003.
  • BOC: August 1975
  • Later coded P2-003, November 1975.
Private Owner, 1993.
  • Registered as VH-PTE.
  • Displayed at Amaroo Tavern, Moree, NSW, 1993-2019.
Photo Source(s):
Ian McDonell
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