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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-47A-40-DL
    Last Military Serial:6867 SAAF
    Construction Number:09836
    Last Civil Registration:G-BVOL
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-40-DL sn 6867 SAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, Flevoland

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-40-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    7 July 1943

    Assigned s/n 42-23974 with the United States Army Air Force for administrative purposes. It did not serve with this service.

    15 July 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FD938.

    4 October 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 6867.

    To unknown owner with c/r ZS-NJE.

    14 June 1994

    To The Airborne Initiative Promotions Ltd, RHQ The Parachute Regiment, Browning Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire with new c/r G-BVOL (DOUGLAS C47B, 9836).

    16 May 1996

    Civil registration, G-BVOL, cancelled.

    To Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, Flevoland.
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    The wings were swapped with c/n 19434.

    Markings Applied: KLM PH-TCB.

    Transferred to a museum.

    10 October 2010


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    24 September 2013


    Photographer: Alec Wilson
    Notes: Douglas DC.3 C-47A at the Aviodrome Museum, Lelystad,Netherlands with false marks of PH-TCB - photo displayed with written permission of Alec Wilson
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