G-AMSM - Air Freight Ltd (C-47B Skytrain)

Photo of aircraft G-AMSM operated by Air Freight Ltd

Aircraft Details

Frame Details
Serial015764
Line Number27209
First Flight
ModelC-47B Skytrain
StatusWritten-off
Commentsw/o 17.8.1978 crashed at Lydd Airport, Kent, when aircraft ran to the the left of the runway during it's take-off roll, co-pilot over-corrected, and a/c became airborne at a 20 degree angle; left wing struck the intersecting runway while manoeuvring to miss a wind-sock mast and a/c landed & skidded to a halt but was burned in a resulting oil fire;
  Reg Airline Delivered Status
Not Seen It! 43-49948 United States Army Air Force 26.1.1945 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! KN274 Royal Air Force 30.1.1945 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Jerome Anthony Wilson 28.5.1952 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Starways Ltd 19.3.1953 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Eagle Aircraft Ltd 01.5.1954 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM British International Air Lines Ltd 29.6.1954 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Kuwait National Airways Ltd 06.7.1954 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Skyways Ltd 29.4.1955 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Skyways Coach Air 27.5.1959 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Air Freight Ltd 01.9.1970 Written-off
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Brenzett Aeronautical Museum 1979 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Booker Aircraft Museum by 02.1986 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Brenzett Aeronautical Museum 00.10.2004 Left Fleet
Not Seen It! G-AMSM Romney Marsh Wartime Collection 00.6.2019 Preserved

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SIGHTINGS

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24/11/1974 - LGW - acflyer