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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-20-DK
    Last Military Serial:71288 YAF
    Construction Number:12830
    Last Civil Registration:TC-ALI
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-20-DK sn 71288 YAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Rahmi M. Koc Museum, Istanbul, Istanbul

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-20-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    24 March 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92970.

    1945

    To Ford Motor Company with new c/r N57779.

    To unknown owner with c/r N57779.

    To unknown owner with c/r N5108.

    June 1946

    To General Motors with new c/r N51080.

    May 1967

    To University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE keeping c/r N51080.

    To unknown owner with c/r N51080.

    1968

    To University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE with new c/r N622NU.

    8 July 1968

    To unknown owner with c/r N622NU.

    October 1971

    To Devils Nest Devel, NB with new c/r N62DN.

    30 March 1976

    Civil registration N62DN (DC3C-S1C3G, 12830) reserved.

    30 March 1976

    To Sierra Research Corp, Buffalo, NY keeping c/r N62DN.

    8 April 1976

    Civil registration, N62DN, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r N62DN.

    Unknown

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Yugoslav Air Force with s/n 71288.

    August 1989

    To unknown owner with c/r TC-ALI.

    July 2001

    Placed on display with Rahmi M. Koc Museum, Istanbul, Istanbul.
    Transferred to a museum.
    View the Location Dossier

    14 November 2012


    Photographer: David Bladen
    Notes: Displayed at the Rahni M Koc Museum in Istanbul, Turkey

    14 November 2012


    Photographer: David Bladen
    Notes: Displayed at the Rahni M Koc Museum in Istanbul, Turkey
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    Print Sources
     DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 The First Seventy Years (ISBN 0-85130-332-3) by Jennifer Gradidge
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    RZJets
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
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