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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-47B-45-DK
    Last Military Serial:45-0884 USAAF
    Construction Number:16887
    Last Civil Registration:N844M
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47B-45-DK sn 45-0884 USAA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Collier County Mosquito Control

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-45-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 34143, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 45-0884.

    To US Atomic Energy Commission with new c/r N810Z.

    5 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-47D of Collier Mosquito Control as seen at Naples Municipal Airport, Florida in November 1979.

    By 1982

    To Collier County Mosquito Control with new c/r N844MB (C-47D, 45884).

    29 March 1982


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: Collier County Mosquito Control - Painted as N844M, but registered as N844MB. At rest at its base at Naples Municipal.

    Civil registration N844M reserved but not taken up.

    Withdrawn from use.

    29 September 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo at Naples Municipal, Florida
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