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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:R4D-5
    Last Military Serial:39091 USN
    Construction Number:13860
    Last Civil Registration:HK-4971
    Compressed ID:Douglas R4D-5 sn 39091 USN cn 13860...
    Latest Owner or Location:Greater Rockford Airport (RFD), Rockford, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a C-47A-1-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    Constructed as a C-47A-60-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-30709.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 39091 as a R4D-5.

    To Hughes Aircraft with new c/r NC88765.

    To unknown owner with c/r N91221.

    To All American Aviation.

    To Allegheny Airlines.

    To Southeastern Aircraft Leasing.

    To Seaboard and Western.

    To East Coast Fling Services.

    To Jack Adams Aircraft.

    To F. J. Smith.

    To United Seafoods.

    To Arkansas Aviation Sales.

    To unknown owner with c/r N141AR.

    To Aircraft Sales International Canada keeping c/r C-FAOH.

    To Beach Air keeping c/r C-FAOH.

    To Trinidad keeping c/r C-FAOH.

    To Nordair keeping c/r C-FAOH.

    To Aklavik Flying Services keeping c/r C-FAOH.

    To Reindeer Air Services keeping c/r C-FAOH.

    To Superior Airways keeping c/r C-FAOH.

    From Unknown to 18 October 1984

    To Ilford-Riverton Airways with new c/r CF-AOH (DC3C-S1C3G, 13860).

    22 March 1988


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1988 photo at Winnipeg - A rarely seen wheel/ski equipped DC-3, this Air Manitoba machine was originally delivered to the US Navy as a R4D-5 in 1943 and was exported to the US in 1993

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: Photo - circa 1990

    9 July 1991

    To Air Manitoba Ltd keeping c/r CF-AOH.

    24 February 1993

    Civil registration, CF-AOH, cancelled.
    Exported to the USA.

    18 March 1993

    To Wings of Eagles Disovery Center, Horseheads, NY with new c/r N293WM.

    18 March 1993

    Based at Wings of Eagles Discovery Center, Elmira, Horseheads, NY.
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    Markings Applied: Carried Away

    23 March 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for N293WM (DC3C-S1C3G, 13860) issued.

    1 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Malone County Airshow, in Malone, New York.

    1 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Malone County Airshow, in Malone, New York.

    1 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Malone County Airshow, in Malone, New York.

    11 August 1998

    To National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY keeping c/r N293WM.

    21 June 2011

    To Wings of Eagles Disovery Center, Horseheads, NY keeping c/r N293WM.

    27 October 2011

    To Intercom Inc, Orlando, FL keeping c/r N293WM.

    Based with Valiant Air Museum, Titusville, FL.

    By 5 April 2012

    Markings Applied: 330709

    5 April 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 picture on the apron at Orlando Executive

    5 April 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo on the apron at Orlando Executive

    To Greater Rockford Airport (RFD), Rockford, IL.
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    8 April 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N293WM.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Piso Cu.

    25 April 2014

    Civil registration, N293WM, cancelled.
    Exported to Colombia. Sale reported to a new owner in Piso Cuarto.

    25 April 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N293WM.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Piso Cuarto.

    To unknown owner with c/r HK-4971.


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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
    World Military Out of Service 2008 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Old Jets
    Transport Canada
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood

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    Mike Henniger
    Claire Parr

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