Douglas DC-3 – Transair Sweden AB

Douglas DC 3

c/n 2205 SE-BWD

The aircraft was delivered to American in march 1940 and after service for Mercury Aviation as ZS-BTO and FH Wilson as G-AJDC the aircraft was bought by Transair in march 1953 and in february 1961 it was sold to United Nations, Congo as UN 215. After 1965 it was used for spares.

Här ses flygplanet som UN-215 under tjänstgöring i Congo.

Douglas DC 3

c/n 1947 SE-BWE

First delivered to ABA as SE-BAA “Örnen” in July 1937 and later after SAS was formed it was their aircraft from 1948.

Then it became Transair SE-BWE in December 1953. After service for TSA it was sold to UNO-Congo in February 1961 as UN 216. It was used for spares and is broken up since many years.

Under flygning i Congo blev maskinen utsatt för kraftig beskjutning.

Douglas DC 3

c/n 13652 SE-BWF

After being used with different French operators since June 1944, Transair bought the aircraft in April 1955 and it was sold to Airtaco/Linjeflyg in the beginning of 1957.

In 1958 the aircraft was flying for Iranian Airways as EP-ABC and after 3 years in Iran it went back to Norway and Riis & Co as LN-LMR.

With this registration the aircraft was leased by Transair from December 1961 until May 1962.

Later it was leased by Wideroe for 6 months and later on Itavia for a year before it finally came back to Norway and was scrapped in 1967.

Douglas DC 3

c/n 11638 SE-BSN

På Kastrup i väntan på att flyga pendelturen till Malmö.

Här står DC 3 SE-BSN på plattan på Bulltofta och väntar på att flyga till Köpenhamn.

Originally delivered in USA 1943 it made service for DNL/ABA/AIRTACO and Linjeflyg before Transair bought the aircraft in February 1962 and made service until 1964. After service with Loadair

Here with service for Tor Air and parked at Bulltofta in Malmö.

After service for TorAir the aircraft continuing flying for Faroe Airways as OY-DNP and after it was damaged during a storm 1967 it was broken up at Kastrup.