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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-49J
    Last Military Serial:43-1985 USAAF
    Construction Number:06261
    Last Civil Registration:C-FTDJ
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-49J sn 43-1985 USAAF cn 0...
    Latest Owner or Location:Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe, Ottawa, Ontario

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-3-454.
    Douglas DC-3-454 6261

    Redesignated as C-49J.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-1985.

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-TDJ.

    To unknown owner with c/r C-FTDJ.

    9 February 1984

    To National Aviation Museum, Ottawa, ON with new c/r C-FTDJ.

    1994


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photo taken at the National Aviation Museum.

    Based at Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe, Ottawa, ON.
    This DC-3 was manufactured in 1942 by Douglas Aircraft Company Incorporated. It was completed as a DC-3 airliner after to the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and later served with the U.S. Army Air Forces as a C-49J. In 1945, it was sold to Trans-Canada Air Lines, becoming the first DC-3 operated by that airline. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company bought the aircraft in 1948 and refinished it for VIP transportation. It served with Goodyear until 1983, when the company donated it to the Museum.
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    15 September 2013


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: 2013 photo at Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa-Rockcliffe Airport (YRO)

    11 December 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: This photo was taken at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.
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