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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3C
    Last Military Serial:43-15762 USAAF
    Construction Number:20228
    Last Civil Registration:C-FITH
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3C sn 43-15762 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Malta Aviation Museum, Ta Qali, Malta

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-90-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    Constructed as a DC-3C.

    6 May 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-15762.

    1949

    To Aero Service Corp, Philadelphia, PA with new c/r NC9033H.

    16 June 1955

    To Aero Service Corp, with new c/r ZS-DLX.

    29 June 1955

    To Aero Service Corp, with new c/r N9033H.

    12 July 1955

    To Aero Service Corp, Philadelphia, PA with new c/r N9033H.

    3 January 1956

    To Aero Service Corp, with new c/r ZS-DLX.

    7 February 1956

    To Spartan Air Services with new c/r CF-ITH.

    30 April 1956

    Civil registration, N9033H, cancelled.

    Circa 1960

    To Spartan Air Services, Kenya with new c/r VP-KLG.

    March 1961

    To Spartan Air Services with new c/r CF-ITH.

    1967

    To Kersey Airspray of Ottawa keeping c/r CF-ITH.

    16 April 1969

    To Kenting Aviation Ltd-Terra Surveys Ltd, Ottawa keeping c/r CF-ITH.

    23 April 1972


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1972 photo at Gimli, AB - Originally built for the USAF in WW-II, this Douglas DC-3 spent time in Africa before joining Canadian Aero Service for years of survey work. It wound up abandoned on the island of Malta in 1980

    15 March 1973

    To Laurentian Air Service keeping c/r CF-ITH.

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-ITH.

    1977

    To Kersey Airspray of Ottawa with new c/r C-FITH.

    In derelict condition at Malta International Airport.

    26 April 1996

    Based at Malta Aviation Museum, Ta Qali, Malta.
    Donated by National Tourism Organisation of Malta.
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    3 March 2014


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: Preserved at the Malta Aviation Museum
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