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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-75-DL
    Last Military Serial:005 IDF
    Construction Number:19420
    Last Civil Registration:F-BAXN
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-75-DL sn 005 IDF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Haifa Airfield, Haifa, Haifa District

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-75-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    11 January 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-100957.

    26 December 1946

    To Air France with new c/r F-BAXN.

    27 December 1946

    To Etat/Secretariat General A L Aviation Civile Et Commerciale/Sgacc, Paris, Aeroport de Paris with new c/r F-BAXN (Dc3-c47a, 19420).
    Based at Paris-le Bourget.

    May 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force with s/n S-86/86U.

    November 1948

    New serial number assigned: 1405 IDF

    New serial number assigned: 4X-FNB IDF

    New serial number assigned: 005 IDF

    19 November 1948

    Civil registration, F-BAXN, cancelled.

    August 1994

    Placed on display with Haifa Airfield, Haifa, Haifa District.
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    20 November 2014


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Hatzerim, Israel
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 The First Seventy Years (ISBN 0-85130-332-3) by Jennifer Gradidge
    World Military Out of Service 2012 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    DGCA Civil Aircraft Register (France)
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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