N62DN_1976-04_MUC_1290_TK
Photo taken by Theo Kastner and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
April 1976
N62DN
Douglas C-47A Skytrain
12830
N62DN was noted at Riem on 9 and 10 April 1976.
Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Michael Röser:
Built 1944 as 42-92970 for USAAF. Civilianized as N57779 for Ford Motor Company, later registered N5108, N51080, N622NU, N62DN. Yugoslav Air Force 71288 in 1976. Nesu Air TC-ALI in July 1989 for pleasure flights. On display at Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi in Istanbul in 2001.
Information from joebaugher.com:
42-92970 (MSN 12830) to USAAF 24Mar44. Eighth Air Force 27Apr44. Ninth Air Force 27Apr44. 47th Troop Carrier Squadron, 313th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Folkingham (Station 484). Transported paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone one mile NW of Picauville, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Boston’ 6Jun44; battle damaged by enemy ground fire.
To Ford Motor Company; Registered NC57779, later as N57779; University of Nebraska May67; Registered N5108; Reregistered N51080; Reregistered N622NU; Reregistered N62DN Oct71;
Yugoslav Air Force / Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 1971 as 71288;
To Nesu Air, Turkey; Registered TC-ALI; Preserved and on display at Rahmi M Koç Müzesi, Hasköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=214075
N62DN at RKV on 5 April 1976, a few days prior to its visit at Riem:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/4/4/1/1751144.jpg
This airframe as TC-ALI with Nesu Air at AYT in April 1989 (Pamfilya titles):
www.airhistory.net/photo/496229/TC-ALI
TC-ALI preserved at Rahmi M Koç Müzesi, Istanbul, in July 2007:
www.airhistory.net/photo/149846/TC-ALI
TC-ALI preserved at Rahmi M Koç Müzesi, Istanbul, in November 2023:
www.flickr.com/photos/88952305@N08/53420048521
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
N62DN_1976-04_MUC_1290_TK
Photo taken by Theo Kastner and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
April 1976
N62DN
Douglas C-47A Skytrain
12830
N62DN was noted at Riem on 9 and 10 April 1976.
Information from airhistory.net - thanks to Michael Röser:
Built 1944 as 42-92970 for USAAF. Civilianized as N57779 for Ford Motor Company, later registered N5108, N51080, N622NU, N62DN. Yugoslav Air Force 71288 in 1976. Nesu Air TC-ALI in July 1989 for pleasure flights. On display at Rahmi M. Koç Müzesi in Istanbul in 2001.
Information from joebaugher.com:
42-92970 (MSN 12830) to USAAF 24Mar44. Eighth Air Force 27Apr44. Ninth Air Force 27Apr44. 47th Troop Carrier Squadron, 313th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Folkingham (Station 484). Transported paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone one mile NW of Picauville, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Boston’ 6Jun44; battle damaged by enemy ground fire.
To Ford Motor Company; Registered NC57779, later as N57779; University of Nebraska May67; Registered N5108; Reregistered N51080; Reregistered N622NU; Reregistered N62DN Oct71;
Yugoslav Air Force / Jugoslovensko Ratno Vazduhoplovstvo (JRV) 1971 as 71288;
To Nesu Air, Turkey; Registered TC-ALI; Preserved and on display at Rahmi M Koç Müzesi, Hasköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Registration details for this airframe:
rzjets.net/aircraft/?reg=214075
N62DN at RKV on 5 April 1976, a few days prior to its visit at Riem:
imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/4/4/1/1751144.jpg
This airframe as TC-ALI with Nesu Air at AYT in April 1989 (Pamfilya titles):
www.airhistory.net/photo/496229/TC-ALI
TC-ALI preserved at Rahmi M Koç Müzesi, Istanbul, in July 2007:
www.airhistory.net/photo/149846/TC-ALI
TC-ALI preserved at Rahmi M Koç Müzesi, Istanbul, in November 2023:
www.flickr.com/photos/88952305@N08/53420048521
Scan from Kodachrome slide.