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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:C-47D
    Last Military Serial:44-76457 USAF
    Construction Number:16041/32789
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47D sn 44-76457 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Historic Aircraft Restoration Project, NAS Brooklyn, New York, New York

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-25-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    March 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76457.

    1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-76457.

    Converted to a C-47D.

    September 1972

    Transferred to 4410th Special Operations Training Group, England AFB, LA.

    By November 1974

    Transferred to 415th SOTS, 1st SOW, Hurlburt Field, FL.

    Circa November 1974


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    By July 2009

    To Historic Aircraft Restoration Project, NAS Brooklyn, New York, NY.
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    14 July 2009


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: This C-47 is currently undergoing restoration at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Project at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY.
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