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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-3-209
    Last Military Serial:1969 FAE
    Construction Number:01969
    Last Civil Registration:HK-3350
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3-209 sn 1969 FAE cn 019...
    Latest Owner or Location:Vanguardia, Villavicencio, Meta

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-3-209.

    From August 1937 to January 1953

    To TWA Transcontinental and Western Air with new c/r NC17323.
    Operated with markings: 373

    1951


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: At Oakland Airport, California

    From 1953 to 1969

    To United Steel Wrecking Corporation keeping c/r NC17323.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Ecuatoriana with s/n 1969.

    To TAME Linea Aerea del Ecuador with new c/r HC-AUV.

    6 September 1969

    Involved in an incident.
    Summary: There was one fatality. The passenger flight departed Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO/SEQU), Ecuador and was destined for Manta Airport (MEC/SEMT), Ecuador. The hijacking occurred at Tumaco-La Florida Airport (TCO) (Colombia) while en route. Narrative: Twelve men and a woman, some of them armed with machine guns, hijacked two TAME Ecuador C-47 planes. The hijackers shot and killed one crewman and wounded another. Both aircraft landed at Tumaco (TCO), Colombia for refueling. One airplane was left behind as the hijackers continued to Panama City-Tocumen Airport (PTY)...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    To Servicios Aereos Especializados en Transportes Petroleros with new c/r HK-3350X.

    To Servicios Aereos Especializados en Transportes Petroleros with new c/r HK-3350.

    In derelict condition.

    To Vanguardia, Villavicencio, Meta.
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    10 March 2011


    Photographer: Alec Wilson
    Notes: Douglas DC3 seen derelict at Villavicencio-Vanguardia,Colombia. Photo displayed with written permission of Alec Wilson
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