C-47B Serial Number 44-77123 (DC-3)

PDGDF

Former Unit Assignments:
RAAF

 

Aircraft History
This aircraft was formally USAAF C-47B 44-77123. RAAF serial number A65-122. Wartime service unknown. Manufacture Number 16707 / 33455.

History
Donated to Papua New Guinea Defense Force by Australia, arrived in New Guinea in 1981. It served as a training aid at Igam Barracks, Lae.  It never flew with the PNGDF and was never give a 'P' desgination.

Richard Leahy adds:
"This aircraft was recently towed to the Lae Botanical Gardens where it is now."

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