Aircraft 42-92472 Data

Airframe Info

Manufacturer:	Douglas
Model:	C-47A Skytrain    Search all Douglas C-47A Skytrain
Year built:	0000
Construction Number (C/N):	12276 > 43154
Aircraft Type:	Fixed wing multi engine
Number of Seats:	32
Number of Engines:	2
Engine Type:	Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp
Also Registered As:	OO-AWH  Destroyed FZ679  De-registered

Aircraft

Registration Number:	42-92472
Current Status:	De-registered

Owner

Address:

, United States

User Comments

Malcolm Clarke, 2017-02-13 09:07:43

To RAF as FZ679. Engine cut on takeoff, aircraft swung off runway and DBR when struck an unidentified B-26 at Lyon-Bron Feb 15, 1945. May have been rebuilt and returned to service. There is a report that it rebuilt by Douglas at Santa Monica as DC-3C MSN 43154 and delivered Apr 9, 1947 to Sabena as OO-AWH. Crashed at Heathrow Airport, London, England Mar 2, 1948. 20 out of the 22 occupants were killed. Since this incident, the ghost of a businessman looking for his briefcase has been seen on several occasions near the crash site! Courtesy Joe Baugher.