Aircraft 42-100536 Data

42-100536
1942 Douglas C-47A-65-DL Skytrain, c/n 18999
Latest photos of 42-100536
42-100536 @ VTBD - Preserved - by micka2b
micka2b
@ VTBD
42-100536 @ DMK - Royal Thai AF, Don Muang Airport.  Scan from photo taken in Jul 1982 - by Henk Geerlings
Henk Geerlings
@ DMK
Airframe Info
Manufacturer Douglas
Model C-47A-65-DL Skytrain Search all Douglas C-47A-65-DL Skytrain
Year built 1942
Construction Number (C/N) 18999
Aircraft Type Fixed wing multi engine
Number of Seats 32
Number of Engines 2
Engine Type None
Aircraft
Registration Number 42-100536
Current Status De-registered
Owner
Owner Royal Thai AF
Address Bangkok,
Thailand
User Comments
Malcolm Clarke, 2017-06-26 08:34:33
Delivered to USAAF 29Oct43; 14th Air Force, Chungking, China 9Jan44; 10th Air Force, Karachi, India 31Jul44; used by Admiral Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia Command; HAPGIFT; 1310th Base Unit, Negombo, Ceylon Sep45; diverted Britain 7Nov45; Used by Mountbatten to visit Siem Reap, French Indochina Mar46; Foreign Liquidation Commission; Royal Thai Air Force 6Nov46. W/o Lopburi Jan 17, 1985. Tail displayed at Don Muang.
C0urtesy Joe Baugher.