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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-47J
    Last Military Serial:41-7276 US
    Construction Number:14334
    Last Civil Registration:N48159
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47J sn 41-7276 US cn 1433...
    Latest Owner or Location:Consolidated Air Freight, Hialeah, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47B-1-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 25779, assigned to the airframe.

    1 September 1944

    Was allocated s/n 43-48518 with the United States Army Air Force but was not taken up.
    Not TOS, but transferred directly to USN.

    1 September 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 17276 as a R4D-6.

    1 September 1944

    Transferred to Fleet Air Wing 14 (CFAW-14), San Diego, CA.

    22 September 1944

    Transferred to Fleet Air Wing 8 (FAW-8).

    24 September 1944

    Transferred to Rescue Squadron 5 (VH-5), NAS Alameda, CA.

    January 1945

    Transferred to VE-3.
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    28 February 1945

    Transferred to VE-1.

    April 1945

    Transferred to Navy Transport Squadron 3 (VR-3), NAS Miami, FL.

    10 July 1946

    Assigned to Naval Air Facility, Litchfield Park, AZ for storage.

    October 1946

    Transferred to NAS Quonset Point, RI.

    February 1947

    Assigned to Naval Air Facility, Litchfield Park, AZ for storage.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as C-47J.

    May 1968

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 4ZB025 and stored with the markings: 4ZB025.

    Circa 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 41-7276.

    Transferred to U. S. Army Flight Training Center, Fort Stewart, GA.

    From By 1973 to 1975

    Transferred to U. S. Army Parachute Team (Golden Knights), Fort Bragg, NC.
    Replaced 50781 which crashed in March 1973.

    July 1973


    Photographer: unknown
    Notes: 35mm slide found at DuPage Tower, West Chicago, IL

    6 April 1975

    Ger Buskermolen comments (27 September 2022): Spotted parked at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in full colour scheme.

    3 July 1975

    To International Field Studies, Columbus, OH with new c/r N48159.

    29 October 1975

    Certificate of airworthiness for N48159 (DC3C, 41-7276) issued.

    October 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: At Ft.Lauderdale International, Florida

    6 February 1981

    To Consolidated Air Freight, Hialeah, FL keeping c/r N48159.

    Withdrawn from use.

    27 August 2012

    Civil registration, N48159, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Miami, FL.
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