Flightpath - May 2018

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Seven of the nine DHC-3 Otters bought

in 1957 returned to Canada in 1989.

UB653 is the sole survivor in Myanmar

as the remaining aircraft was

apparently written of.

The Seaires were replaced by 21 Sea Furies in 1957. The type was the irst to see air combat when an

unmarked Chinese Nationalist Air Force Consolidated PB4Y Privateer was shot down. The battle, in which

a Sea Fury was also lost, is commemorated by a painting in the main museum. UB471 is a FB.11.

Douglas C-47B UB736 was presented by Indonesia in 1951.[All images Nigel Hitchman]

UB2112, a Beagle D5/180 Husky, was one of three delivered in 1966.
Douglas C-47B UB735, a Fokker F27-500, and Douglas C-47B UB736. At least
seventeen Dakotas were operated and eight were sold to Nevada Airlines
in 1978. Several others are preserved at other bases in the country. The F27
was a recent delivery in 2005.

DouglasC47B UB736 was presented by Indonesia in 1951[Allimages NigelHitchman]

Of the twenty Seaires acquired in 1953, like F.XV UB409 seen here, the fate of all but three is

unknown. One, UB414, was sold in the USA in 1999 and another still exists at Meiktila airbase.