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Douglas DC-3C (43088)

 

 
Date: -

Location: Irumu (Belgian Congo)

Photo: Jacques Reumont

Description: delivered at Brussels (Haren) on February 24 1947, this airframe is wearing the first livery of Sabena

Date: 06/1964

Location: BRU/EBBR

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: in the third and airframes final livery of Sabena, it was operational till 1968, but during the sixties only as freighter 

Date: 05/1969

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: on September 21 1968, the second Douglas for Delta Air Transport arrived at Antwerp, here captured in their oldest livery with KLM sticker on the nose.

Date: -

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: detail of its nose with KLM sticker.

Date: 02/1969

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: seen in winter wonderland at its home base. It was operational till being damaged in a ground incident at Schiphol on May 8 1970 when after hitting a car a propellor broke off and intruded the fuselage.

Date: 04/1972

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: after some repairs it was ferried back to Antwerp on June 1 1970 where it was laid up, here seen such after a couple of years of storage with faded markings.

Date: 06/1972

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: by the Summer of 1972 it was used as clubhouse by "Sportiva Berchem" wearing these titles which were applied on both sides.

Date: 21/04/1973

Location: ANR/EBAW

Photo: collection Skystef

Description: seen one year later with signs of erosion, it was broken up in September 1973.

 

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