JACK McKILLOP COLLECTION
No. 5375. Douglas DC-3-360 C-47 (EI-ACD c/n 9140) Aer
Lingus "St. Patrick"
Photograph from Aer Lingus, taken at Dublin Airport, Éire, in the late 1940's
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05/15/2006. Remarks by Jack McKillop:
"Built as a Douglas Model
DC-3-360, this aircraft was delivered to the USAAF
on May 12, 1943 as C-47-DL Skytrain, s/n 42-32914. The
C-47 was noted at Oran, Algeria, on May 12, 1943, in the UK assigned
to the USAAF Eighth Air Force on February 20, 1944 and later assigned
to the USAAF Ninth Air Force. After the war, it was sold to Aer
Lingus who took delivery on December 14, 1945 and it was registered
EI-ACD. Aer Lingus named their aircraft after Irish saints and this
DC-3 was named "St Patrick" between 1945 and 1954, "St.
Gall" between 1954 and 1957, and "St. Seanan" between
1957 and 1963. |
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Created May 15, 2006