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Societe Indochinoise de Ravitaillement (SIR)

1952?-1954?

One of several small airlines operating in Indochina after World War II..


Abbreviations: a/c - aircraft; c/n - construction number;  r/n - registration number;  ufo - ultimate fate obscure/current state unknown;

Registration Codes (initial 1 or 2 characters): F - France, VH - Australia. Numeric in Remarks is the USAAF serial number.

Blank fields indicate data not known or available; Sources: See source file.
 
A/C Type
c/n
Origin
Company
Registration
From
To
Fate
Remarks
Source
 Lockheed
L-18 Lodestar
(C-60A-5-LO)
 2603
Australia
VH-FAB
SIR 
 F-OALK
 Dec 
1952
 Apr
1954
Crashed at Xieng Khouang, 
Laos 13 Apr 1954 
 Impressed from Netherlands East Indies AF. 43-16443.  Previously crashed at Phnom Penh on takeoff due to overload. A/c "destroyed" and all killed. Rebuilt?
A109, A126 
                   

 

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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.