Douglas DC 6B
SE-BDH
c/n 44892
Delivered to Canadian Pacific Airlines as CF-CZF "Empress of Hong Kong" February 1956. Later renamed "Empress of Auckland" and also leased to Trans Aeriens Intercontinentaux as F-BJBZ before Trans Caribbean Airways bought the aircraft as N 3545C in March 1961. In november 1961 Transair purchased the a/c as SE-BDH "Goteborg".
After service until March 1965 the a/c was bought by Braathens as LN-SUH, later sold in september 1969 to Brothers Air Service as VR-ABK, later rereg 70-ABK. The aircraft was during the following years serving some smaller companies before it 1973 was bought by Iscargo Iceland and was reg TF-ABK. They converted the a/c to DC 6BF and again the a/c was serving some smaller companies before it returned to Iscargo in december 1977. It had now changed reg to N 17289. In march 1980 the a/c was moved to Reykjavik fire dump and was burnt out in 1982.
The last picture of former SE-BDH, now N 17289.
Picture at Reykjavik Fire Dump by Ingelise Holst.