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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-47B-10-DK
    Last Military Serial:K-1 FABe
    Construction Number:15056
    Last Civil Registration:N99346
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47B-10-DK sn K-1 FABe cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wings Museum, Balcombe, Handcross, West Sussex, England

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    Dates

    Event

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

    New construction number, 26501, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49240.

    To unknown owner with c/r OT-CWA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Force Arienne Belge with s/n K-1.

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-SMA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Force Arienne Belge with s/n K-1.

    To unknown owner with c/r OT-CWA.
    Markings added: K-1


    Photographer: robert roggeman
    Notes: OT-CWA.koksijde AFB.1970s.


    Photographer: robert roggeman
    Notes: OT-CWA.koksijde AFB.1970s.

    19 March 1977

    To unknown owner with c/r N99346.

    To Aces High, North Weald Airport, Harlow, Essex, England.
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    Markings Applied: FL586
    Marked as this for movie.

    1 April 2011

    Civil registration, N99346, cancelled.

    Transferred to a museum.

    Based at Wings Museum, Balcombe, Handcross, West Sussex, England.
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    26 June 2011


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Displayed at the Wings Museum near Balcombe, UK - Douglas C-47A Composite - The nose comes from ex-Senegalese 6W-SAF - whilst the fuselage belongs to K1/OT-CWA
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