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Registration: G-AMZH

Construction Number: 15665/27110

Model Douglas C-47B Dakota

Operator: Mrs E.L. Niarchos

Airport: Croydon Airport (EGCR), UK - England

Photographer: Peter Fitzmaurice

Date Taken: 1956

Date Submitted: 11/06/2007

Ex 43-49849, KN241. As a Dakota 4 it was presented to the British General Bernard Montgomery "Monty" by General Dwight Eisenhower .Monty used it in the last years of WW2 as his personel transport .Sold 1953 as VIP aircraft to Greek shipping magnet Stavos Niachos as G-AMZH ,operated by Transair Croydon till 1960 .Sold as VH-SBW in May 1965.To TAA then Air Niugini in 1973 and is now preserved at Port Moresby as P2-ANQ

Picture ID:1058203

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