Douglas C-47D Skytrain, 76726 / 16310/33058, French Navy / Aeronautique Navale
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Registration: 76726
Construction Number: 16310/33058
Code Number: 726
Model Douglas C-47D Skytrain
Operator: French Navy / Aeronautique Navale
Airport: Vaerloese AB (EKVL), Denmark
Photographer: Jan Lundsteen-Jensen
Date Taken: 13/07/1971
Date Submitted: 07/06/2022
Seen on final approach to runway 28. Model designation C-47D and registration 76726 were painted on left side of fuselage below tailplane leading edge. Built in early 1945 as a C-47B and later converted to C-47D. Ex USAAF 44-76726, RAF KN518 and French AF 76726. To French Navy in 1971. Later to civilian use as F-GEOB and EC-EQH. Written off after takeoff accident at Palma de Mallorca Airport in 1991.
Picture ID:1793690