134. G-AHCZ Douglas C-47A Dakota 3 Cambrian Airways MAN 17AUG67
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 17-Aug-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 13-May-23.
Towards the end of their lives, Cambrian Airways started to give their old C-47's a makeover. A new livery and refurbished interiors with fewer seats. Viscounts G-AMOG, MOH, MON and MOO were also painted in this livery.
Not long after this, both Cambrian (with a hideous orange livery) and BKS Air Transport (renamed 'Northeast' with an equally hideous yellow livery) became BEA/British Airways subsidiaries as part of the the newly created 'British Air Services'.
Delivered to the USAAF United States Army Air Forces as 42-92155 in Sep-43. Under 'Lend-Lease' the aircraft was transferred to the UK Royal Air Force as a Dakota 3 at the end of Dec-43 serialled FL563.
It was delivered to BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation as G-AHCZ in Apr-46. The aircraft was leased to Iraqi Airways as YI-HCZ in Dec-46 and returned to BOAC as G-AHCZ in Apr-47.
In Aug-47 it was transferred to BEA British European Airways and leased to Cambrian Airways in Mar-59. Cambrian bought it in Oct-61. It was sold to Worldinter Supply Services, Cyprus as 5B-CBC in Apr-69. The aircraft was written of at Beirut, Lebanon (date unknown).
History info. Credit RZjets.net
134. G-AHCZ Douglas C-47A Dakota 3 Cambrian Airways MAN 17AUG67
Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 17-Aug-21, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 13-May-23.
Towards the end of their lives, Cambrian Airways started to give their old C-47's a makeover. A new livery and refurbished interiors with fewer seats. Viscounts G-AMOG, MOH, MON and MOO were also painted in this livery.
Not long after this, both Cambrian (with a hideous orange livery) and BKS Air Transport (renamed 'Northeast' with an equally hideous yellow livery) became BEA/British Airways subsidiaries as part of the the newly created 'British Air Services'.
Delivered to the USAAF United States Army Air Forces as 42-92155 in Sep-43. Under 'Lend-Lease' the aircraft was transferred to the UK Royal Air Force as a Dakota 3 at the end of Dec-43 serialled FL563.
It was delivered to BOAC British Overseas Airways Corporation as G-AHCZ in Apr-46. The aircraft was leased to Iraqi Airways as YI-HCZ in Dec-46 and returned to BOAC as G-AHCZ in Apr-47.
In Aug-47 it was transferred to BEA British European Airways and leased to Cambrian Airways in Mar-59. Cambrian bought it in Oct-61. It was sold to Worldinter Supply Services, Cyprus as 5B-CBC in Apr-69. The aircraft was written of at Beirut, Lebanon (date unknown).
History info. Credit RZjets.net