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Laos Air Charter

1969?-1976

Lao air carrier operating in the early 1970s. In 1971, the president was Roger Zoile, one of the former Corsican air lines operators of the 1950s and 1960s.


Abbreviations: a/c - aircraft; ; c/n - construction number;  ufo - ultimate fate obscure/current state unknown; w/o - write off (aircraft crashed or damaged beyond repair).

Registration Codes (initial 1 or 2 characters):  VH - Australia. ZK- New Zealand. XW - Lao.  Numeric in Remarks is the USAAF serial number.

Blank fields indicate data not known or available; Sources: See source file.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota


A/C Type
c/n
Origin
Company
Registration
From
To
Fate
Remarks
Source
 Douglas
C-47A-DL
 10078
Australia 
  
 VH-ANT
 
 
 
 
A6
 Douglas
C-47A-DL
 10078
 from VH-ANT
Laos Air Charter
XW-TDM
 
 
 to Air Union
 
A6
Douglas
C-47A-DK
13529
New Zealand
  
ZK-BYE
        
A6
Douglas
C-47A-DK
13529
from ZK-BYE
Laos Air Charter
XW-TDJ
    
ufo 
(to Air America?)
  
A6
Douglas
C-47A-DK
13729
  
Royal Air Lao
XW-TDA
        
A6, A15
Douglas
C-47A-DK
13729
from 
Royal Air Lao
Laos Air Charter
XW-TDA
    
to Air Cambodge Commerciale
  
A6, A15
A110
Douglas
C-47A-DL
13906
  
Air America
XW-PFA
  
1972?
  
Viewmaster Windows 
A6, A45-19,
A110
Douglas
C-47A-DL
13906
from
Air America
Laos Air
Charter
XW-PFA
Aug
1967
Mar
1976
w/o 12 Mar 1976
Vientiane, Laos due to storm damage
Viewmaster
Windows
A6, A45-19,
A110
Douglas
C-47A-DL
20049
US
USAF
43-15583
       this transfer is unsure since aircraft was USAF in Vietnam July 1970 when it was involved in an accident on 17 Jul 1970
A6,A17-70
Douglas
C-47A-DL
20049
from 
43-15583?
Laos Air 
Charter
XW-PFY
  
Dec
1969
w/o 23 Dec 1969
nr Luang Prabang, Laos
  
A6
Douglas
C-47B-DL
20763
Singapore
Malaysian
Airlines
9V-BAM
        
A6
Douglas
C-47B-DL
20763
from 9V-BAM
Las Air
Charter
XW-PFN
    
to XW-TDK
  
A6
Douglas
C-47B-DL
20763
From XW-PFN
Laos Air
Charter
XW-TDK
    
b/u Vientiane
  
A6

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Created May 2003.
Copyright Thomas E. Lee 2003; All Rights Reserved; This file uses copyright materials. Not for commercial use of any kind. Copyright Air Transport Data Base information used with permission of Alexandre Avrane. See http://aerotransport.fr.st. USAAF/USAF/BuNo Serials used with permission of Joe Baugher. Martin Best information used with permission of Martin Best.