Douglas C-47 Skytrain, EI-ACD / 9140, Aer Lingus (EI / EIN)
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Registration: EI-ACD
Construction Number: 9140
Model Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Operator: Aer Lingus (EI / EIN)
Airport: Manchester - Ringway (MAN / EGCC), UK - England
Photographer: R.A.Scholefield
Date Taken: 02/08/1952
Date Submitted: 04/10/2009
Aer Lingus' first postwar DC-3 "St Patrick" taxies past one of Ringway's surviving 1938-built airfield floodlights. These had three clear glass sides facing the airfield and would be illuminated for night landings prewar. The sides visible here were yellow with black bands.
Picture ID:1195903