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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3S
    Last Military Serial:41-7700 USAAF
    Construction Number:04122
    Last Civil Registration:N30TN
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3S sn 41-7700 USAAF cn 0...
    Latest Owner or Location:Repus 30 Llc, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-50-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    Civil registration NC33662 {1} reserved but not taken up.
    Was ordered by American Airlines.

    Converted to a DC-3-396.

    10 June 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-7700.

    3 July 1944

    To American Airlines with new c/r NC15579.
    Operated with markings: New Jersey

    15 February 1949

    To Douglas Aircraft Corporation with new c/r N15579.

    Remanufactured as a DC-3S.
    New construction number, 43159, assigned to the airframe.

    1951

    To Douglas Aircraft Corporation with new c/r N30000 {2}.

    To Harbet Construction Corporation with new c/r N222HC.

    To unknown owner with c/r N223R.

    March 1964

    To Burdish Grain Co, Minneapolis, MN with new c/r N6811.

    August 1966

    To Banco Mercantil and Supermercado SA with new c/r XB-NIW.

    October 1972

    To K R McDonald, Great Falls with new c/r N567M.

    22 January 1973

    Certificate of airworthiness for N53315 (DC3, 43159) issued.

    August 1991


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Tucson, AZ

    18 June 1997

    To County Council of Beaufort County, Beaufort, SC with new c/r N53315.

    17 August 2004

    To Des Llc, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N30TN.

    By June 2005

    To Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, AK.
    View the Location Dossier

    23 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Anchorage Ted Stevens Airport

    16 April 2011

    To Repus 30 Llc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N30TN.

    18 December 2019

    To Repus 30 Llc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N30TN.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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