LX-LAB Douglas DC-3
(c/n
13847/25292)
That Luxembourg Airlines had
strong technical and financial ties with Scottish Aviation Ltd is
evidenced by the livery carried on this DC-3. The airline was
founded in 1948 with two DC-3s
(the other being LX-LAA). Services were flown from Luxembourg to
London, Zurich and
Frankfort on varying days of the week. The carrier was
re-organized in 1961 to become Luxair.
LX-LAB
was a former C-47A-30-DK (43-48031) delivered to the RAF as
Dakota III KG748.
It was
civilianized in 1948 as G-AIOD for Scottish Airlines who seconded it to
the newly formed
Luxembourg carrier. It later was sold in neighboring Belgium as
OO-APB.