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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-47A-30-DL
    Last Military Serial:223663 PhiAF
    Construction Number:09525
    Last Civil Registration:RP-C1101
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-30-DL sn 223663 PhiAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Chep Lap Kok (Hong Kong International Airport), Lau Fau Sha, Hong Kong

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-30-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    14 May 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-23663.

    19 February 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the PhilAir Force with s/n 223663.

    To Philippine Civil Aviation Administration with new c/r RP-534.

    1987

    To Airlink International with new c/r RP-C1101.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manilla, Philippines.
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    2006

    Placed on display with Chep Lap Kok (Hong Kong International Airport), Lau Fau Sha, Hong Kong.
    VR-HDA
    Wears retro Cathay Pacific Airways colour scheme in false marks.
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    28 September 2011


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken from a moving coach during a Typhoon !
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 The First Seventy Years (ISBN 0-85130-332-3) by Jennifer Gradidge
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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