Nord 1002 Pingouin II G-OTME has made its first post-restoration flight following a comprehensive restoration by Vintage Fabrics at Audley End, in Essex, UK.
The Skymaster saves soldiers again: Ex-servicemen battle to restore military transport plane that served with the US Navy and Marines in WW2, Korea and Vietnam and flew British prisoners home from Japan
Skymaster 56498 served in WW2 s Pacific theatre and flew in vital supplies for Vietnam and Korea conflicts
It was also used to repatriate British Prisoners of War from Japanese concentration camps in 1946
Had
several other lives as a protecting California against wildfires and as an airshow performance aircraft
Allan Vogel rescued the plane from a scrapyard in 2017 and embarked on a £1million restoration project