Civil Air Transport Co. Ltd.

Table 1:         Civil Air Transport Fleet

 

OWAD 1961

Flight International

13/04/61

15/04/65 & 14/04/66

06/05/71 & 22/03/73

Convair 880-M

1 (on order)

1 (on order)

1

-

Douglas DC-6B

1

1

1

1

Douglas DC-6A

-

2

-

-

Douglas DC-4

2

2

2

-

Douglas DC-3

5

4

ό

-

Curtiss C-46

18

18

2

3

Consolidated PBY Catalina

2

2

2 > 1

-

DHC-4A Caribou

-

-

3

-

Helio Courier

-

2

*

-

Piper Apache

-

1

*

-

Kawasaki-Bell 47G-2

-

1

*

-

* + several smaller aircraft [Flight International 15/04/65 & 14/04/66]

Head Office:          46 Chung Shan Road, N. Second Section, Taipei, Taiwan (Formosa)

Table 2:         Civil Air Transport Fleet List

Beech 18/C-45

reg.

model

c/n

notes

N7950C 

C-45G

AF-352

to Air America

N7951C 

C-45G

AF-37

to Air America

Boeing 727-92C

B-1018

-92C

19175

(1.68) W/O 16/02/68, crashed at Linklow, 7 miles NW of Taipei

Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina

B-819

PBY-5A

‘55'/851

R/r as B-831

B-825

PBY-5A

933         

(ex BuA 48441) to Air America

B-831

PBY-5A

‘55'/851

to Air America

Convair 880-22M-4

B-1008

22M-4

22-00-44

(6.61) The Mandarin Jet, to VR- HGA (3.68)

Curtiss C-46 Commando

B-130

C-46F     

22379     

(leased) cancelled, WFU & stored 1960

B-136

C-46F     

22465     

(leased) cancelled, WFU & stored 1960

B-138

C-46F     

22500     

(leased) to Air America

B-146

C-46F     

22461     

(leased) to Air America

B-148

C-46F     

22510     

(leased) cancelled, WFU & stored 1960

B-150

C-46F     

22526     

(leased) cancelled, WFU & stored 1962

B-154

C-46F     

22370     

(leased) to Air America

B-840

C-46D

22359     

cancelled, to N9873F

B-842

C-46D

22363     

cancelled, to N9874F

B-844

C-46D

22353     

cancelled, WFU & stored 1955

B-846

C-46D

22215     

to (HP-315), VT-DRH (1963)

B-848

C-46A

427

r/r B-910 (.60)(q.v.)

B-850

C-46F

22451     

to N74811 (3.61)

B-854

C-46D

33372

to (HP-314), VT-DRI, XW-PGD

B-856

C-46D

32950

cancelled, WFU & stored 1960

B-858

C-46D    

22228

(2.55) to Air America Inc.

B-860

C-46D    

22236

r/r B-912 (q.v.)

B-864

C-46D

22362

cancelled, WFU & stored 1961

B-866

C-46D

22366

to Air Asia           

B-870

C-46D

22232

to Air Asia, to Air America as XW-PBV

B-872

C-46R

32878     

cancelled, to N9885F

B-874

C-46R

33132

cancelled, to N9884F

B-876

C-46R

33153

cancelled, to N9883F

B-908

C-46

?                             

W/O 21/06/64 (or 20/06/64) near Taichung, Taiwan

B-910

C-46A    

427

To Air America

B-912

C-46D

22236

To Air America

B-914

C-46       

?

(5.61) to Air America Inc.

B-918

C-46D

33451

(12.61) to Air America Inc.

B-920

C-46F     

22538

Air Asia, to Air America as N67985

B-924

C-46       

33788

to Air America     

B-928

C-46

?

To Air America

DHC-4A Caribou

B-851

DHC-4A

34

(6.62) to Air America as N11014

B-853

DHC-4A

52

(TBC)(6.62) to Air America

N539Y

DHC-4A

197

to Air America

Douglas DC-3/C-47 Skytrain

B-801

C-47B

20681     

to 9N-AAC, VT-DTQ

B-809

C-47A    

‘15437'

(leased)(ex 43-15466 = c/n 19932) to Air America Inc.

B-811

C-47A

18947

(leased) W/O 20/10/54 ditched in Hua Hin area of Gulf of Siam

B-813

C-47                       

?

shot down by communist gunfire 29/11/52 Kirin, China

B-815

C-47A    

19258

(leased) to Air America Inc.

B-817

C-47A    

19256

(leased)(2.55) to Air America Inc.

B-819

C-47

?

cancelled

B-823

C-47A    

13399

(leased) to N6634C, CF-MCC

B-827

C-47A

13784

(2.55) to Air America Inc.

B-829

C-47B    

34298

(05/05/58) to Air America Inc.

B-1409

C-47B    

32991

to Foshing (TBC), sold as XW-TAE

Douglas DC-4/C-54 Skymaster

B-1002

C-54A

3078       

 (.53) Cancelled, WFU & stored 1965

B-1004

C-54G

36072

 (2.55) to Air America Inc. as N12191

B-1010

C-54G

36028

 (1.62) to Air America Inc. as N12190

B-1012

C-54D

10655

sold as N402AD (12.73)

B-1014

C-54D

10869

sold as N403AD (12.73)

B-1016

C-54G

36042

 (.67) to China Airlines (.71), sold as N65132

Douglas DC-6B

B-1006

DC-6B   

45550

(30/09/58) to XW-PFZ (on lease)(.68)

Fairchild C-119C ‘Flying Boxcar'

 

CAT pilots operated 12 USAF C-119Cs on loan to the French Air Force in support of the French war in Indo-China during 1953 (Operation SQUAW) and 1954 (SQUAW II). The aircraft operated in Armιe de l'Air colours with USAF serial numbers and were therefore indistinguishable from the C-119Cs operated by French Air Force crews. These aircraft included the following:

49-139

C-119C

10376

‘9139'

49-152

C-119C

10389

‘9152'

49-187

C-119C

10424

‘187'

51-2536

C-119C

10494

‘536'

51-2555

C-119C

10513

‘55' (or possibly 49-155 c/n 10473)

51-2557

C-119C

10515

‘12557'

51-2562

C-119C

10520

‘562'

51-2571

C-119C

10529

‘571/12571'

51-2572

C-119C

10530

‘572'

TBD

C-119C

?

W/O 11/03/54 near Hanoi, Vietnam

TBD

C-119C

?

Shot down 06/05/54 SE of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam killing CAT crew members

Helio Courier

None identified with CAT. See Air America Inc. fleet list.

Kawasaki-Bell 47G-2

B-803