Dates

Event

Constructed as a C-53-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

29 June 1942

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-47371.

By July 1942

Transferred to Air Transport Command.
Flown around Santa Monica by ATC in July 1942.

August 1942

Ferry flight.
Flown from Santa Monica to West Palm Beach, FL then onto Karachi, India.

10 September 1942

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FJ712.
Served with the RAF in India.

26 December 1942

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-47371.

December 1942

Transferred to 1st Troop Carrier Squadron, 10th Air Force, USAAF, China-Burma-India Theater, India.

21 December 1945

To unknown owner.
Sold into commercial service, at Dhub, India.

5 February 1946

To Central Air Transport Corp., Bejing, China.

12 December 1949

To Gen. Claire L. Chennault and Whiting Willauer.

19 December 1949

To Civil Air Transport (CAT), Taipei, Formosa with new c/r N8336C.

Base of operations changed.
Transferred to Hong Kong.

22 July 1953

To Air Asia (subsidiary of Air America) with new c/r N1794B.

9 December 1953

To TEMCO Aircraft Corp., Dallas, TX with new c/r N67K.

12 January 1954

To Union Chemical and Materials Corp, Dallas, TX with new c/r N47L.

June 1955

Converted to a DC-3-S1C3G.
Converted by Executive Aircraft Services, including VIP interior and AiResearch Maximizer speed kit.

5 January 1956

Certificate of airworthiness for N8336C (DC3A, 7313) issued.

22 May 1958

To Vulcan Materials Corporation keeping c/r N47L.

12 June 1958

To Southern Airways, Atlanta, GA keeping c/r N47L.
Possibly put into service as an airliner.

23 July 1962

To Mead Corporation, Dayton, OH with new c/r N147M.

Michael Winblad commented (23 February 2021): I flew this aircraft a total of 650hrs while employed by Mead from 1966 to 1969. I see that the tight-knit engine cowlings have been removed.

18 April 1969

To Ohio Aviation Corporation, Vandalia, OH keeping c/r N147M.

26 May 1969

To Tecumseh Products Corporation, Tecumseh, MI keeping c/r N147M.

3 December 1982

To Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI keeping c/r N147M.
Donated to the museum.

22 July 1987

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Photographed at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo

22 July 1987

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Photographed at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo

29 October 1993

To Basler Flight Services, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N147M.
Markings added: Billion Dollar One

1994

Used in the filming of the movie Richie Rich.

5 July 1999

To Donald Jones, Fond du Lac, WI with new c/r N943DJ.
Operated with markings: Spirit of Enterprise

24 January 2000

To Spirit Enterprises Inc, Fond du Lac, WI keeping c/r N943DJ.

28 July 2004

To MA Inc, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N943DJ.

1 January 2005

Certificate of airworthiness for N943DJ (DC3A, 7313) issued.

By 2009

To Joe Anderson, Santa Rosa, CA keeping c/r N943DJ.

3 June 2009

To JM Air Llc, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N943DJ.

27 July 2009

Photographer: Todd Royer
Notes: EAA Airventure 2009

Markings Applied: Spirit of Benovia

16 September 2010

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

30 September 2012

Photographer: James Beck

30 September 2012

Photographer: James Beck

Based at Marana Northwest Regional Airport (formerly Avra Valley Airport), Marana, AZ.
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June 2019

Photographer: Rich Tregear
Notes: At Duxford, UK

4 June 2019

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at Duxford D-Day Show

24 May 2021

Photographer: John Ryan
Notes: This aircraft was doing touch-n-goes at Mahlon Sweet Airport in Eugene, Oregon. She sounded great!

24 May 2021

Photographer: John Ryan
Notes: A flyby of the DC-3 at Mahlon Sweet Airport in Eugene, Oregon.

24 May 2021

Photographer: John Ryan
Notes: Closeup of the nose art.

22 October 2023

To TVPX Aircraft Solutions Inc Trustee, North Salt Lake, UT with new c/r N8336C.