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315509 W7-S |
G-BHUB |
Douglas C-47A-85-DL c/n 19975 ex SpanishAF T3-29, N51V, N9985F, SE-BBH, 43-15509 |
Originally built for USAAF with serial 43-15509 and delivered 4.4.44. To 9th AF/37 Troop Carrier Sqdn 28.5.44. To 315 Troop Carrier Group. ATCO 14.5.44. Morrison 24.9.45. Reconstruction Finance Corpn., Bush 11.10.45 for resale and disposal. To Canadair Ltd. for civilisation. To AB Aerotransport Sweden 10.12.45. Re-Regd 5.8.46 as SE-BBH with ABA named Vraken. Absorbed into Scandinavian Airlines System 1948 and renamed Helge Viking and later 1.8.48 as Hjalmar Viking. Sold 9.11.51 and Re-Regd 17.8.53 N9985F with New York Car Wheel Corpn, Camp Hill, PA. Re-Regd N51V in 1953 with Piedmont Aviation Inc named Piedmont Yadkin Valley. Re-Regd 30.4.62 to Charlotte Aircraft Corpn. Sold to Spanish AF 5.5.62 with serial T3-29. At various times wore Unit Codes 90-9, 901-9, 911-9 & finally 911-09. Grupo 90 was part of the General Staff Communications unit at Getafe. From 1967 Grupo 90 established Escuadron 901 and when Grupo 91 replaced Grupo 90 in 1971, Escuadron 911 was formed. Withdrawn from service by early 1978 and sold ex-Cuatro Vientos. Re-Regd 30.4.80 as Re-Regd G-BHUB to Aces High Ltd., Duxford. Used for TV series Airline as fictitious Ruskin Air Services marked as G-AGIV in 1981. Retired and donated by Aces High 9.81. American Museum - Suspended from ceiling |
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