DON MUANG AIRPORT & ENVIRONS
This listing covers wrecks & relics currently (or recently) seen and reported in and immediately around Don Muang Airport. The main museums, the Thai AF Museum, the Thai Police Museum and ‘Tango Squadron’ are listed separately, as are other geographic areas of Thailand. Latitude & Longitude are given for many locations (cut & paste into Google Earth) This listing is based on personal observations and research. Many exhibits have been closely inspected by the author, and many identities confirmed or corrected from previously published information, based on airframe data plates etc. ‘Standard’ references such as Bob Ogden’s “Aircraft Museums & Collections of the World : Asia” and Lesley Hunt’s “Veteran and Vintage Aircraft” have also been referred to, and thanks are due to Andy Marden, Martin Best, Tom Milliken and others for their input.
Many serials are in Thai script, generally enclosed in “—” below. # means no external identification
Markings	Type		Operator		Notes
RTAF Security Force Training Centre, west of Don Muang Airport
#	Bell UH-1		RTAF		noted Sep-07; jump trainer
#	Bell UH-1H		RTAF		noted Sep-07; [68-15787 c/n 17009]
Tung Sikan ammunition dump site, west of Don Muang Airport
“F15-10/17”	SIAI SF-260MT		RTAF		ex ‘Tango’ Don Muang; noted dumped Sep-07
“F14-9/11”	Cessna T-41D		RTAF		noted dumped Sep-07 (w/o Mar-97)
“F14-10/11”	Cessna T-41D		RTAF		noted dumped Sep-07
“F14-11/11”	Cessna T-41D		RTAF		noted dumped Sep-07 (w/o 24-Mar-91)
RTAF Academy, Thanon Phahon Yothin, Bangkok, opposite RTAF Museum [13°55'14.40"N, 100°37'30.00"E]
5022 / ‘1315’		F-86F Sabre		RTAF		noted Jan-81 thro’ May-06; in parade ground; [probably ex 52-5022]
30892 / ‘1232’		F-86L Sabre		RTAF		noted Nov-72 in Air Cadet School; noted Jan-81 thro’ May-06; in parade ground; [probably ex 53-892]
0-38157 / “JF13-113/15”		T-28D Trojan		RTAF		noted on southern side of RTAF Academy 1996 thro’ May-06; [probably ex Bu138157]
0-38284 / “JF13-115/15”		T-28D Trojan		RTAF		noted on southern side of RTAF Academy 1996 thro’ May-06; [probably ex Bu138284]
Thanon Phahon Yothin, Bangkok, just north of RTAF Academy [13°55'24.53"N, 100°37'31.53"E]
30677 / ‘1214’		F-86L Sabre		RTAF		noted Jan-81 thro’ May-06; on pole; [probably ex 53-677]
Directorate of Air Operations Control, Thanon Phahon Yothin, Bangkok, just north of RTAF Academy
7-10 / ‘56143’		Lockheed RT-33A		RTAF		ex Hat Yai; noted stored in grounds Aug-03 thro’ Feb-05
Thanon Phahon Yothin, Bangkok, 1km north of RTAF Academy [13°55'32.52"N, 100°37'18.83"E]
5112 / ‘4334’		F-86F Sabre		RTAF		noted Jul-92 thro’ Feb-03 marked with serial 5021 coded ‘1314’ on pole on airport north perimeter road; removed from pole Jul-03 and lying on trestles nearby Aug-03; repainted as 5112 code ‘4334’ Aug-03; current Feb-04 thro’ Sep-07; [believed to be ex 52-5112]
National Memorial, Thanon Phahon Yothin, Bangkok, 3km north of RTAF Museum [13°57'6.75"N, 100°37'17.10"E]
0-53652 / ”JF13-119/18”		AT-28D Trojan		RTAF		noted Feb-94 thro’ May-06; camouflaged; on pole; [probably ex Bu153652]
9182		Bell OH-13G		Army		noted May-94 thro’ Feb-03; [data plate illegible, but possibly ex 63-9182 c/n 3068]
Army Camp, Thanon Phahon Yothin, Bangkok, directly opposite National Memorial [13°57'11.97"N, 100°37'21.22"E]
552		C-123B		RTAF		noted Apr-94 thro’ May-06; [ex 54-552; data plate missing]
Don Muang Airport – west (old civil) side
HS-UTI		Boeing 747-246B				noted wfu & stored at least late 2005 thro’ Sep-07 (on cargo apron); canx 26-Dec-05; [c/n 21031]
HS-VAK		Boeing 747-2U3B				noted wfu & stored Dec-03 thro’ Sep-07 (on cargo apron); [c/n 22249]
HS-KUO		NAMC YS-11A		Phuket Air		noted wfu & stored on east apron at least May-05 thro’ Aug-07; moved to west (cargo) apron Sep-07
HS-KVA		NAMC YS-11A		Phuket Air		noted wfu & stored on east apron at least Nov-04 thro’ Aug-07; moved to west (cargo) apron Sep-07
HS-KVU		NAMC YS-11A		Phuket Air		noted stored & wfu on east apron at least Nov-05 thro’ Aug-07; moved to west (cargo) apron Sep-07
HS-AXA		Tristar 1		Thai Sky Airlines		noted wfu & stored at least Jul-06 thro’ Jan-08 (north west apron); [c/n 1147]
HS-AXE		Tristar 1		Thai Sky Airlines		noted wfu & stored at least Jul-06 thro’ Jan-08 (north west apron); [c/n 1097]
HS-AXF		Tristar 1F		Thai Sky Cargo		noted wfu & stored at least Jul-06 thro’ Jan-08 (north west apron); canx 05-Oct-06 [c/n 1012]
Don Muang Airport – east (military) side
Fire Ground Area, near threshold of Runway 03R [13°53'40.47"N, 100°35'51.38"E]
XU-JTB		Caravelle 3		Air Cambodge		used by Lon Nol to escape Phnom Penh 1-Apr-75, and abandoned at Don Muang; noted stored there Mar-78, Aug-80, May-84 & Nov-85; noted basically intact in old fire rescue area Feb-94 thro’ Sep-07; [ex F-BJTA from cockpit placard]
Royal Thai Police/Army apron [13°53'48.53"N, 100°36'9.37"E]
#		Turbo Porter		Police		fuselage noted wfu outside under Caribou wing Aug-02 thro’ May-06; [c/n 2030 from data plate; ex 1601]
1606		Turbo Porter		Police		noted wfu Jan-99 thro’ Jan-07; [c/n 2064]
1705		Bell 205A-1		Police		noted without rotors Aug-05
1707		Bell 205A-1		Police		boom only noted in hangar Jan-07
1723		Bell 205A-1		Police		wreck noted May-06
1725		Bell 205A-1		Police		pod noted in hangar Aug-05 thro’ Jan-07
1733		Bell 205A-1		Police		noted without rotors Aug-05 thro’ May-06
21902		Skyvan 3M		Police		noted engineless & wfu Aug-02 thro’ Jan-07; [c/n SH1902]
2211		Bell 212		Police		noted wfu Aug-05
2214		Bell 212		Police		noted without rotors Aug-05
2216		Bell 212		Police		pod noted Aug-05
2217		Bell 212		Police		pod noted Aug-05
#		Bell 212		Police		damaged pod noted Aug-05
2607		Bell 412EP		Police		noted stored Aug-05 thro’ May-06
3098		SD330-UTT		Army		noted engineless & wfu Feb-03 thro’ May-06; [c/n SH3098]
3102		SD330-UTT		Army		noted complete but wfu Feb-03 thro’ May-06; [c/n SH3102]
GA Aprons
HS-AKO		Boeing 737-281		Phuket Air		noted wfu & stored at least May-05 thro’ Sep-07
HS-KAO		NAMC YS-11A		Phuket Air		noted wfu & stored at least Apr-05 thro’ Sep-07; believed never entered service
HS-KVO		NAMC YS-11A		Phuket Air		noted wfu & stored at least Nov-05 thro’ Sep-07
HS-KLA		Jetstream 3102		Air Andaman		noted wfu in GA shelter at least Jan-04 thro’ Aug-07; [c/n 638]
HS-SFA		BK117B-1		Si Chang		last flown Jul-00; stored rotorless in GA shelter Aug-05; [c/n 1067]
60307		Aeritalia G-222		RTAF		noted wfu & stored at least Dec-02 thro’ Sep-07 (engineless); [c/n 4107]
60310		Aeritalia G-222		RTAF		noted wfu & stored at least Dec-02 thro’ Sep-07 (engineless); [c/n 4110]
60312		Aeritalia G-222		RTAF		noted wfu & stored at least Dec-02 thro’ Sep-07 (engineless); [c/n 4112]
60501		Merlin 4A		RTAF		noted stored at least Sep-04 thro’ Sep-07; for RTAF Museum 2007/8; [c/n AT-071]
Outside Air Technical Training School [13°54'22.23"N, 100°36'50.74"E]
13740		AT-28D Trojan		RTAF		noted Apr-89; noted camouflaged Jul-94 thro’ Jan-07; [probably ex 51-3740]
455		Bell UH-1D		ex VNAF		noted Apr-89; noted camouflaged Jul-94 thro’ Jan-07; [ex 66-16428 c/n 8622 from data plate]
Outside HQ building on service road [13°54'37.38"N, 100°36'44.90"E]
O-91601 / “JF13-85/11”		AT-28D Trojan		RTAF		noted displayed within military area Oct-95 thro’ Sep-07; [probably ex 49-1601]
GA maintenance hangar
HS-TDC		Boeing 737-4D7		Thai International			wreckage in hangar; destroyed in bomb explosion 3-Mar-01; noted Aug-05
Fire Station / Fire Rescue area [13°54'38.47"N, 100°36'37.33"E]
#		F-86F Sabre				forward fuselage noted in rescue training area Oct-95 & next to Fire Station Aug-02 thro’ Sep-07; [reported as ex 51-13220]
‘21132’ / “J6-12/15”		Cessna A-37B		RTAF		noted next to Fire Station Aug-02 thro’ Sep-07; [ex 71-0807 from data block]
604 Squadron apron / hangar [13°54'42.91"N, 100°36'44.26"E]
‘60406’		Cessna 150		RTAF		noted on pole at entrance May-98 thro’ Sep-07; [possibly 150M VH-JFZ]
5077		Cessna 150L		RTAF		wreck noted Mar-04 (w/o 21-Aug-03)
Outside Parachute Battalion HQ [13°55'9.39"N, 100°37'1.39"E]
55-569		C-123K		RTAF		noted Oct-95 thro’ Feb-03 with no serial; repainted as ‘55-569’ early 2003; noted Aug-03 thro’ Sep-07; [fictitious marks; ex 55-4548 c/n 20209 from data plate]
Outside Wing HQ – 1^st Air Division (was previously Wing 6 HQ) [13°55'13.59"N, 100°37'3.99"E]
293789		Douglas C-47		RTAF		noted in grey/white scheme unmarked Oct-95 thro’ Oct-00; noted Aug-02 thro’ Sep-07 serialled 293789; [ex 42-93789 c/n 13740]
Outside Dakota Squadron hangar
100536		Douglas C-47		RTAF		tail only on pole noted Feb-03 thro’ Sep-07; [ex 42-100536 c/n 18999]
Updated 10-Feb-08