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    Airframe Family: Bristol 170/179/216 Freighter
    Latest Model:Freighter 31M
    Last Military Serial:S4403 PakAF
    Construction Number:13156
    Last Civil Registration:ZK-CLU
    Compressed ID:Bristol Freighter 31M sn S4403 PakA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Founders Park, Nelson, Nelson, South Island

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    Dates

    Event

    22 December 1953

    Constructed as a Freighter 31M.

    1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Pakistan Air Force with s/n S4403 and operated with these markings: A.

    March 1966


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: Ex Pakistan Air Force Bristol Freighter

    1 June 1966

    To Straits Air Freighter Express with new c/r ZK-CLU.
    Operated with markings: Merchant Buccaneer

    1967

    To SAFE Air keeping c/r ZK-CLU.

    November 1986

    Ferry flight.
    Landed on Wakapuaka sandflats, aircraft belly landed after a bridge over a creek collapsed, wings removed then towed to Museum.

    20 November 1986

    To Founders Park, Nelson, Nelson, South Island.
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    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: Photo taken in 1990s at Founders Museum, Nelson
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