Douglas DC-3-229 - OK-XDM

About the aircraft :
Aircraft : Douglas DC-3 Dakota	Registration : OK-XDM
Manufacturer : Douglas	Owner : CSA Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie
Variant : Douglas DC-3-229	Serial number : 1995

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About the picture :
Photographer : Lubos SRAMEK	Taken on : 03-28-2007
Situation : Static display	Point of view : From the apron
Exposure : 1/100 sec	Focal : 24 mm
More information on the picture
Photographer's comments : This true pre-war DC-3 has in fact never flown with CSA. She arrived (as N143J) in 1993 from USA. The real OK-XDM (C/N 19239) has an outstanding story : D-Day with USAAF, 1948-1958 with CSA, then with French Armée de l'Air, then Yougoslavie. She survived the war at Rajlovac airport close to Sarajevo. In December 2007, she was saved from scrapping and took a 3rd time in France !