Douglas C-47B Skytrain, HB-IRN / 16645//33393, Swissair (SR / SWR)
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Registration: HB-IRN
Construction Number: 16645//33393
Model Douglas C-47B Skytrain
Operator: Swissair (SR / SWR)
Airport: Manchester - Ringway (MAN / EGCC), UK - England
Photographer: R.A.Scholefield Collection
Date Taken: 11/12/1948
Date Submitted: 02/01/2012
This was Swissairs first ever scheduled flight to Manchester - hence the welcoming crowd. Until October 1953 the Zurich service was the longest to Ringway, usually taking four hours and occasionally refuelling at Brussels when needed.
Picture ID:1327772