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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-85-DL
    Last Military Serial:43-15512 USAAF
    Construction Number:19978
    Last Civil Registration:N62376
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-85-DL sn 43-15512 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, Oregon

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-85-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-15512.

    15 May 1944

    Transferred to Ninth Air Force.

    February 1945

    Transferred to 438th Troop, Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Prosnes (A-79), Reims, France.

    1952

    To Empire Air Lines with new c/r NC62376.

    August 1952


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Empire Air Lines DC-3 N62376 taxiing for takeoff at Boise, Idaho in August 1952.

    Circa 29 August 1952

    Certificate of airworthiness for N62376 (DC3C, 19978) issued.

    From By September 1952 to May 1966

    To West Coast Air Lines with new c/r N62376.

    Transferred to a museum.

    To Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville, OR.
    View the Location Dossier

    26 September 1969

    Civil registration, N62376, cancelled.

    23 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Evergreen Air and Space Museum

    23 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 Photo at Evergreen Air and Space Museum

    23 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 Photo at Evergreen Air and Space Museum
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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