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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-DK
    Last Military Serial:236 NASA
    Construction Number:13902
    Last Civil Registration:RP-C1352
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-30-DK sn 236 NASA cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manilla, Philippines

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-30-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 25347, assigned to the airframe.

    July 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48086.

    1961

    To NASA with new c/r N636NA {2}.

    From 1971 to 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 236.
    Based at NASA Lewis Research Center, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH.

    November 1973

    To Mannion Air Charter, Detroit, MI with new c/r N14MA.

    June 1982

    To Century Airlines Inc keeping c/r N14MA.

    18 August 1989


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: DC-3 N14MA at Madera CA in August 1989 repainted in US Marines markings with bogus identity R4D-1 09177

    From 14 March 1991 to 29 March 1991

    To Mod Films, Alameda, CA keeping c/r N14MA.

    29 March 1991

    Civil registration, N14MA, cancelled.
    Exported to France.

    Ferried Oakland-Honolulu-Tarawa-Truck-Guam-Manila-Bangkok. Used in making of film DieN BieN PHU; the film was shot in Vietnam, north of Hanoi, in Xuan Mai.

    1991

    To unknown owner with c/r EC-668.

    From 28 September 1991 to 15 October 1991

    To unknown owner with c/r F-WZIG.
    Temporary French registration for ferry Da Nang to Manilla.

    1992

    To Avia Filipinas International with new c/r RP-C1352.

    2001

    To C M Aero Services, Manila keeping c/r RP-C1352.

    To Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manilla, Philippines.
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    Abandoned.
    At Manila.

    2012


    Photographer: David Osborn
    Notes: At Manila

    Scrapped.
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