Dates

Event

Circa 1943

Constructed as a C-47A-10-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

7 May 1943

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 12425 as a R4D-5.

31 January 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92606.

10 February 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KG395 as a Dakota III.
Diverted as lend-lease to the Royal Air Force.

10 February 1944

Transferred to RAF No. 45 Group, Dorval, Montreal.

19 February 1944

Arrived UK.

28 February 1944

Transferred to RAF No. 48 Squadron, Down Ampney, Gloucestershire.

19 August 1944

Transferred to Navy Transport Squadron 7 (VR-7), Naval Air Transport Service, Miami, FL.

24 September 1945

Transferred to No. 437 Squadron RCAF, Blakehill FARM, Wiltshire.

16 June 1946

To Royal Canadian Government.
Presented to the government.

10 July 1946

Transferred to NAF Litchfield Park, AZ.

26 August 1946

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n KG395.

November 1946

To NAS Quonset Point, RI.

From March 1947 to 1 August 1948

Transferred to Naval Air Reserve Training Station, Atlanta, GA.

Remanufactured as a R4D-8.
New construction number, 43396, assigned to the airframe.

By 1952

Transferred to 429 Squadron RCAF, Winnipeg.

1952

Transferred to No. 1 Air Navigation School, Winnipeg, MB.
Assigned radio call of VCDHL.

July 1962

Redesignated as C-117D.

Assigned to AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

June 1970

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 12919 as a CC-129.

20 May 1975

Last navigator course using Dakotas ended.

1977

Civil registration C-GZCR reserved but not taken up.
Was to be owned by G.E. Wilson of Calgary, but not taken up.

1980

To Basler Flight Services, Oshkosh, WI with new c/r N89BF.

Based at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, Atlanta, GA.
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October 1987

To unknown owner with c/r N99FS.
Operating out of Panama City, FL.

31 March 1989

To Brooks Aviation Inc, Douglas Municipal Airport, Douglas, GA keeping c/r N99FS.

31 March 1989

Based at Brooks Aviation Inc, Douglas Municipal Airport, Douglas, GA.
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By 6 October 1990

Markings Applied: GREENLAND EXPEDITION SOCIETY
In the markings of the Greenland Expedition Society - used in recovery of P-38s.

6 October 1990

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at Warner Robins AFB Ga Airshow

6 October 1990

Photographer: Robert Nichols

10 April 1991

Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: On Skis at Lakeland, Florida back in 1991

6 August 1995

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: 35mm slide photographed at Aurora, IL

16 April 1997

To Basler Turbo Conversions Inc Oshkosh, WI with new c/r N106BF.
Aircraft remained at AMARC.

Based at Aircraft Restoration and Marketing, Davis-Monthan AFB (West Side), Tucson, AZ.
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12 June 2000

To unknown owner with c/r N106BF.
Sale reported to a new owner in Oshkosh, WI.

12 June 2000

To Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N106BF.
Still at Davis-Monthan on 8/28/2000.

18 March 2006

Photographer: James Eubanks
Notes: Thunder in the Valley Airshow, Columbus GA

26 July 2010

Photographer: Todd Royer

30 April 2011

To Brooks Aviation Inc, Douglas Municipal Airport, Douglas, GA keeping c/r N99FS.

21 May 2011

Photographer: Robert N. Abbott Jr.

21 May 2011

Photographer: Robert N. Abbott Jr.

23 August 2013

Civil registration, N106BF, cancelled.
Sale reported to a new owner in Oshkosh, WI.

16 May 2014

To Brooks Aviation Inc, Douglas, GA with new c/r N99FS.

9 January 2017

To Brooks Aviation Inc, Douglas Municipal Airport, Douglas, GA keeping c/r N99FS.

30 June 2022

Photographer: Freddy Frank)
Notes: N99FS takes off from runway 13 at Falcon Field in Peachtree City, Ga.

29 July 2022

Photographer: Andrew Shaw
Notes: AirVenture 2022