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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-47-DL
    Last Military Serial:41-38644 USAAF
    Construction Number:04747
    Last Civil Registration:N19906
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47-DL sn 41-38644 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

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

    27 September 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-38644.

    November 1946

    To Reeve Aleutian Airways with new c/r NC19906.

    1975

    To R. G. Sholton/Northern Air Cargo with new c/r N19906.

    To Salair keeping c/r N19906.

    8 February 1986

    To Roger D. Gerhardt, Seattle WA keeping c/r N19906.

    6 June 1986


    Photographer: Peter B Lewis
    Notes: At Abbotsford, BC

    9 April 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for N19906 (DC3, 4747) issued.

    Withdrawn from use.

    6 August 1997


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Scanned from my photo taken in 1997 at Salt Lake City

    8 December 1997

    To Alta Leasing Inc, Salt Lake City, UT with new c/r N19906.

    By July 2003

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, AK.
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    January 2018


    Photographer: Joe Joe Prince
    Notes: At Anchorage, Alaska

    11 January 2018

    Civil registration, N19906, cancelled.

    8 May 2021

    To Alaska Aviation Museum, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N19906.

    20 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Fading Salair titles, outer wings removed, derelict at Anchorage Int., AK
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
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