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Aircraft:
Douglas C-47B Skytrain
- Reg: I-RAGF photos
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Serial #:
26244
- Airline: Private
- Photo Date: Sep 20, 2014
- Uploaded: Oct 14, 2014
- Milano Malpensa - LIMC, Italy
Notes:
Preserved at Volandia Museum. This DC-3 was built by Douglas in Oklahoma City in 1944 for the USAAF as a C-47B-10-DK variant, with construction number 14799/26244 and military serial 43-48983. Upon delivery to the Royal Air Force, it became Dakota IV serial KJ952. Used for VIP duties in Malesia, Burma and Britain, it was sold in 1952 and became G-AMSR with Air Charter, a forerunner of today’s low cost airlines. In 1954 it was sold in Africa, where it flew for 40 years in South Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the Center African Federation, even Katanga during the civil war in the former Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). Its last operator was International Trans Air Business. Returining to Europe in 1994, it was based at Perugia with Air Umbria. Volandia bought it from the Ragusa family and ferried it to Malpensa on 11 April 2012 as I-RAGF. Its flying career panned over 23,400 hours.
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Preserved at Volandia Museum. This DC-3 was built by Douglas in Oklahoma City in 1944 for the USAAF as a C-47B-10-DK variant, with construction number 14799/26244 and military serial 43-48983. Upon delivery to the Royal Air Force, it became Dakota IV serial KJ952. Used for VIP duties in Malesia, Burma and Britain, it was sold in 1952 and became G-AMSR with Air Charter, a forerunner of today’s low cost airlines. In 1954 it was sold in Africa, where it flew for 40 years in South Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the Center African Federation, even Katanga during the civil war in the former Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). Its last operator was International Trans Air Business. Returining to Europe in 1994, it was based at Perugia with Air Umbria. Volandia bought it from the Ragusa family and ferried it to Malpensa on 11 April 2012 as I-RAGF. Its flying career panned over 23,400 hours.Camera
Nikon D5200 | AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR-
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- Reg: I-RAGF photos
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Aircraft:
Douglas C-47B Skytrain
- Airline: Private
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Serial #:
26244
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Photo Location
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Milano Malpensa - LIMC
- Italy
