Douglas DC-3D, HB-IRB / 42969, Swissair (SR / SWR)
Registration: HB-IRB
Construction Number: 42969
Model Douglas DC-3D
Operator: Swissair (SR / SWR)
Airport: Manchester - Ringway (MAN / EGCC), UK - England
Photographer: R.A.Scholefield
Date Taken: 12/01/1949
Date Submitted: 07/05/2014
Swissair's postwar-built DC-3D taxies past one of Ringway's 1938 floodlights. Prewar, these were used to illuminate the grass surface for night movements.
Picture ID:1453108