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Airframe Family:	Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
Latest Model:	R4D-5
Last Military Serial:	17096 US
Construction Number:	11828
Compressed ID:	Douglas R4D-5 sn 17096 US cn 11828
Latest Owner or Location:	Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum, Fort Campbell, Clarksville, Tennessee

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a C-47A-1-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Circa July 1943		New construction number, 26171, assigned to the airframe.
6 July 1943		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-108798. Not TOS, but transferred directly to USMC.
6 July 1943		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 17096 as a R4D-5.
August 1944		Transferred to Marine Transport Squadron VMR-152, Bouganville, Solomon Islands.
October 1945		Transferred to NAS Corpus Christi, TX.
September 1946		Transferred to Marine Aircraft Group 33 (MAG-33), MCAS El Toro, CA.
March 1948		Transferred to Naval Auxiliary Air Station Miramar, CA.
April 1948		Transferred to NAS Columbus, OH.
August 1948		Transferred to Naval Auxiliary Air Station Miramar, CA.
		Transferred to NAS Anacostia, Washington, DC.
1967		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 17096 and operated with these markings: 6G-096.
By 1987		To Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum, Fort Campbell, Clarksville, TN. View the Location Dossier
		Markings Applied: Brass Hat, CK, Y, 348910 Marked as the aircraft which flew the commander of the 101st Airborne Div, General Maxwell D. Taylor, into Normandy on D-Day 1944.
15 September 2003		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
15 September 2003		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
15 September 2003		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

Credits
Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

Print Sources
U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

Internet Sources
Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
Don F. Pratt Museum
United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

Individual Contributors
Glenn Chatfield
Mike Henniger

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