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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:Dakota III
    Last Military Serial:KG320 RCAF
    Construction Number:12317
    Last Civil Registration:N47TF
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota III sn KG320 RCAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-5-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    12 January 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92509.

    23 February 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KG320 as a Dakota III.

    16 April 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n KG320.

    25 May 1970

    To Wright Industrial Equipment Ltd, Edmonton, AB with new c/r CF-BVF {2}.

    2 July 1970

    To Diversified Developments, Vancouver, BC keeping c/r CF-BVF {2}.

    From 1973 to 1988

    To TERRA Mining and Exploration keeping c/r CF-BVF {2}.

    28 May 1973


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1973 photo at Winnipeg -Not to be confused with Perimeter Airlines owned CF-BFV, this DC-3 was delivered to the RAF in 1944 then went to the RCAF. In 1970 it was civilianized and was here caught while in service with Terra Mining of Edmonton. By 1995 it was back in the US and as of 2010 resides at the Chino/CA air museum

    1984


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: Douglas C-47A-DK - TERRA Mining and Exploration in May 1984

    1988

    To Icarus Aviation with new c/r C-FBVF {2}.

    1988

    To Trans Cote keeping c/r C-FBVF {2}.

    To Cotenair keeping c/r C-FBVF {2}.

    1991

    To Avn Boreal keeping c/r C-FBVF {2}.

    31 July 1995

    To Cinema Air Jet Centre Inc, Carlsbad, CA, with new c/r N47TF.

    Transferred to a museum.

    24 October 2005


    Photographer: John Meneely
    Notes: Chino, CA (CNO)

    30 January 2009

    To Air Museum Inc, Chino, CA keeping c/r N47TF.

    Based at Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California

    1 November 2018

    To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA keeping c/r N47TF.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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