EP-AED  Douglas DC-3                                                       (c/n 7367)

                                                         

                                         The lovely shot above was taken at Tehran in April 1960, although I do not have the
                                         provenance for it.     This DC-3 had 'been around the block' before it was finally scrapped. 
                                         Born as a C-47-DL in late 1942, it went to the USAAF as 42-5673.  It spent its time in
                                         Oran, Algeria during the war, and then went to Russia when hostilities ceased.  It was
                                         civilianized as SP-LCA for LOT in Poland in 1946, before going to Iranair in June 1959.
                                         It was later leased in the Republic of the Congo as 9Q-AED and then saw service in Zaire
                                         as 9T-PIF.    Some reports have it as returning to Iranair in 1963, but that is doubtful.      
                                         Judging by the way these aircraft were used (abused?) in central Africa during those
                                         times, I doubt that Iran would want it back.