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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:C-47J
    Last Military Serial:150190 USN
    Construction Number:14773
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47J sn 150190 USN cn 1477...
    Latest Owner or Location:Niagara Falls ANG, Niagara Falls, New York

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-10-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48957.

    New construction number, 26218, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa June 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 150190 as a R4D-6.

    From June 1961 to April 1973

    Transferred to NAF Keflavik, Iceland.

    March 1967


    Photographer: John Wingold
    Notes: Taken in Northern Iceland.

    Redesignated as C-47J.

    June 1973

    Assigned to NAS Pensacola, FL for storage.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By April 1988


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Museum of Aviation, Macon, GA.

    From By March 1990 to Circa 2000

    Loaned to Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
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    12 March 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    July 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By March 1992

    Markings Applied: EL

    14 March 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Loaned to Niagara Falls Ars (ny), 914 MSG/CEV, Niagara Falls IAP ARS, NY.

    Circa 2001

    Placed on display with Niagara Falls ANG, Niagara Falls, NY.
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    By August 2007

    Markings Applied: 43-15851
    Painted to represent a C-47 of the 3rd Combat Cargo Squadron with serial number 43-15851.
    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 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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