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OWAD 1961 |
Flight International |
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13/04/61 |
15/04/65 & 14/04/66 |
06/05/71 & 22/03/73 |
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Convair 880-M |
1 (on order) |
1 (on order) |
1 |
- |
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Douglas DC-6B |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Douglas DC-6A |
2 |
- |
- |
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Douglas DC-4 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
- |
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Douglas DC-3 |
5 |
4 |
ό |
- |
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Curtiss C-46 |
18 |
18 |
2 |
3 |
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Consolidated PBY Catalina |
2 |
2 |
2 > 1 |
- |
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DHC-4A Caribou |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
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Helio Courier |
- |
2 |
* |
- |
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Piper Apache |
- |
1 |
* |
- |
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Kawasaki-Bell 47G-2 |
- |
1 |
* |
- |
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* + several smaller aircraft [Flight International 15/04/65 & 14/04/66] |
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Head Office: 46 Chung Shan Road, N. Second Section, Taipei, Taiwan (Formosa)
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reg. |
model |
c/n |
notes |
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N7950C |
C-45G |
AF-352 |
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N7951C |
C-45G |
AF-37 |
to Air America |
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B-1018 |
-92C |
19175 |
(1.68) W/O 16/02/68, crashed at Linklow, 7 miles NW of Taipei |
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B-819 |
PBY-5A |
55'/851 |
R/r as B-831 |
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B-825 |
PBY-5A |
933 |
(ex BuA 48441) to Air America |
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B-831 |
PBY-5A |
55'/851 |
to Air America |
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B-1008 |
22M-4 |
22-00-44 |
(6.61) The Mandarin Jet, to
VR- HGA (3.68) |
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B-130 |
C-46F |
22379 |
(leased) cancelled, WFU & stored 1960 |
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B-136 |
C-46F |
22465 |
(leased) cancelled, WFU & stored 1960 |
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B-138 |
C-46F |
22500 |
(leased) to Air America |
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B-146 |
C-46F |
22461 |
(leased) to Air America |
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B-148 |
C-46F |
22510 |
(leased) cancelled, WFU & stored 1960 |
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B-150 |
C-46F |
22526 |
(leased) cancelled, WFU & stored 1962 |
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B-154 |
C-46F |
22370 |
(leased) to Air America |
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B-840 |
C-46D |
22359 |
cancelled, to N9873F |
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B-842 |
C-46D |
22363 |
cancelled, to N9874F |
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B-844 |
C-46D |
22353 |
cancelled, WFU & stored 1955 |
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B-846 |
C-46D |
22215 |
to (HP-315), VT-DRH (1963) |
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B-848 |
C-46A |
427 |
r/r B-910 (.60)(q.v.) |
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B-850 |
C-46F |
22451 |
to N74811 (3.61) |
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B-854 |
C-46D |
33372 |
to (HP-314), VT-DRI, XW-PGD |
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B-856 |
C-46D |
32950 |
cancelled, WFU & stored 1960 |
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B-858 |
C-46D |
22228 |
(2.55) to Air America Inc. |
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B-860 |
C-46D |
22236 |
r/r B-912 (q.v.) |
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B-864 |
C-46D |
22362 |
cancelled, WFU & stored 1961 |
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B-866 |
C-46D |
22366 |
to Air Asia |
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B-870 |
C-46D |
22232 |
to Air Asia, to Air America as XW-PBV |
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B-872 |
C-46R |
32878 |
cancelled, to N9885F |
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B-874 |
C-46R |
33132 |
cancelled, to N9884F |
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B-876 |
C-46R |
33153 |
cancelled, to N9883F |
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B-908 |
C-46 |
? |
W/O 21/06/64 (or 20/06/64) near Taichung, Taiwan |
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B-910 |
C-46A |
427 |
To Air America |
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B-912 |
C-46D |
22236 |
To Air America |
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B-914 |
C-46 |
? |
(5.61) to Air America Inc. |
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B-918 |
C-46D |
33451 |
(12.61) to Air America Inc. |
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B-920 |
C-46F |
22538 |
Air Asia, to Air America as N67985 |
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B-924 |
C-46 |
33788 |
to Air America |
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B-928 |
C-46 |
? |
To Air America |
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B-851 |
DHC-4A |
34 |
(6.62) to Air America as N11014 |
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B-853 |
DHC-4A |
52 |
(TBC)(6.62) to Air America |
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N539Y |
DHC-4A |
197 |
to Air America |
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B-801 |
C-47B |
20681 |
to 9N-AAC, VT-DTQ |
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B-809 |
C-47A |
15437' |
(leased)(ex 43-15466 = c/n 19932) to Air America Inc. |
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B-811 |
C-47A |
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B-813 |
C-47 |
? |
shot down by communist gunfire 29/11/52 Kirin, China |
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B-815 |
C-47A |
19258 |
(leased) to Air America Inc. |
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B-817 |
C-47A |
19256 |
(leased)(2.55) to Air America Inc. |
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B-819 |
C-47 |
? |
cancelled |
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B-823 |
C-47A |
13399 |
(leased) to N6634C, CF-MCC |
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B-827 |
C-47A |
13784 |
(2.55) to Air America Inc. |
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B-829 |
C-47B |
34298 |
(05/05/58) to Air America Inc. |
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B-1409 |
C-47B
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32991 |
to Foshing (TBC), sold as XW-TAE |
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B-1002 |
C-54A |
3078 |
(.53) Cancelled, WFU & stored 1965 |
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B-1004 |
C-54G |
36072 |
(2.55) to Air America Inc. as N12191 |
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B-1010 |
C-54G |
36028 |
(1.62) to Air America Inc. as N12190 |
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B-1012 |
C-54D |
10655 |
sold as N402AD (12.73) |
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B-1014 |
C-54D |
10869 |
sold as N403AD (12.73) |
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B-1016 |
C-54G |
36042 |
(.67) to China Airlines (.71), sold as N65132 |
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B-1006 |
DC-6B |
45550 |
(30/09/58) to XW-PFZ (on lease)(.68) |
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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: |
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49-139 |
10376 |
9139' |
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C-119C |
10389 |
9152' |
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49-187 |
C-119C |
10424 |
187' |
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51-2536 |
C-119C |
10494 |
536' |
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51-2555 |
C-119C |
10513 |
55' (or possibly 49-155 c/n 10473) |
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51-2557 |
C-119C |
10515 |
12557' |
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51-2562 |
C-119C |
10520 |
562' |
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51-2571 |
C-119C |
10529 |
571/12571' |
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51-2572 |
C-119C |
10530 |
572' |
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TBD |
C-119C |
? |
W/O 11/03/54 near Hanoi, Vietnam |
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TBD |
C-119C |
? |
Shot down 06/05/54 SE of Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam killing CAT crew members |
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None identified with CAT. See Air America Inc. fleet list. |
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B-803 |
G-2 |
150 |
(9.59) to Air America Inc. |
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None identified with CAT. See
Air America Inc. fleet list. |
1. CAT: CNRRA Air Transport (1946-47), then Civil Air Transport (CAT), the airline operated by Claire L Chennault and Whiting Willauer on the mainland of China that was purchased by the CIA in 1950.
2. C.A.T. SA: a Panamanian corporation formed in 1949 by Thomas Corcoran and associates to control the assets that might be recovered during the efforts to control any assets that might be recovered during efforts to acquire the aircraft in Hong Kong and other holdings of CNAC and CATC.
3. CATI: Civil Air Transport, Inc., a company incorporated under the laws of Delaware in 1949 to act as C.A.T. SA's nominee in the legal battles to acquire the aircraft in Hong Kong and other assets of CNAC and CATC.
4. CAT Incorporated: a Delaware corporation formed by the CIA in 1950 to act as the operating company for its newly acquired airline (CAT). CAT Incorporated became Air America in 1959.
5. This fleet list does not include the XT- registered aircraft of CAT nor the N- registered aircraft of CATI because they were not directly involved in Laos. The latter included the former fleets of CNAC & CATC that were bought by Chennault & Willauer for CATI at Hong Kong in 1949. These were finally released in 1952. (Separate fleet lists have been compiled for these operators.)
6. The prefix XT- was changed to B- in June 1951. (AL41 gives the date of change as 1949.)
7. This fleet list takes into account the Equipment List for February 1954 given in Appendix D of Perilous Missions.
8. CAT was closely associated with Air Asia Co. Ltd. and Air America, Inc. (q.v.)
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