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Constructed as a DC-5-510. |
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Civil registration G-AFYK reserved but not taken up. |
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Civil registration PH-AXB reserved but not taken up. |
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To unknown owner with c/r PJ-AIZ. |
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To unknown owner with c/r PK-ADC. |
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Civil registration VH-ADC reserved but not taken up. |
Circa April 1940 |
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Photographer: Harry S Gann
Notes: This Douglas DC-5 was built in 1939, ordered by British Airways - but with the outbreak of WWII - the order was cancelled and taken up byKLM, Netherlands and allocated registration PH-AXB as photograhed by Harry S Gann in 1940 soon after rollout at Mines Field, Los Angeles - however Netherlands had been invaded by Germany and the aircraft was never delivered - but instead transferred to KLM West Indies Division and allocated registration PJ-AIZ for its delivery to Curacao via Miami. In the 1960s the aircraft was broken up at Tel Aviv, Israel |
1942 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-0426.
It is reported the airframe was allocated temporary USAAF serial 41-426 as a book-keeping exercise applied to transport aircraft taken over by USAAF in Australia in this period. This serial number may not have been officially assigned as this number falls in a range of USAAF serials assigned to a block of North American AT-6s. Used in the evacuation of Java. |
1942 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n VH-CXC.
RAAF used this c/r as their s/n. |
1943 |
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Redesignated as C-110-DE. |
1943 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-83232. |
December 1945 |
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To Australian National Airlines with new c/r VH-ARD. |
By 1948 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force with s/n 1501. |
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Crashed.
Summary: The airframe was written off. This was a military flight. The accident occurred at Ramat David Air Base (Israel) while landing. Narrative: Damaged beyond repair in hard landing. Became ground instructional airframe.
For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report. |
1949 |
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Became instructional airframe. |
1955 |
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Scrapped. |
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Calvin Johnson comments (5 November 2023): Said to be moved to a childrens playground in Tel Aviv as its final resting place.
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