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    Airframe Family: Bristol 170/179/216 Freighter
    Latest Model:Freighter 31M
    Last Military Serial:S4421 PakAF
    Construction Number:13170
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-CRM
    Compressed ID:Bristol Freighter 31M sn S4421 PakA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Straits Air Freight Express (SAFE)

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a Freighter 31M.

    19 May 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Pakistan Air Force with s/n S4421.

    August 1966

    To Straits Air Freight Express (SAFE) with new c/r ZK-CRM.
    Operated with markings: Merchant Herald

    9 January 1983


    Photographer: Danny Tanner
    Notes: At Omaka, New Zealand

    May 1984

    Civil registration, ZK-CRM, cancelled.

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Woodbourne - parts, wings and centre section, used in rebuild of ZK-CLU.
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