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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-20-DK
    Last Military Serial:42-92990 USAAF
    Construction Number:12852
    Last Civil Registration:N16602
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-20-DK sn 42-92990 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Travis AFB Aviation Museum, Travis AFB, Vacaville - Fairfield, California

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    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-20-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92990.

    To unknown owner with c/r N16602.

    30 March 1965

    To Hillsborough Cnty Health Unit, Tampa, FL with new c/r N16602.

    3 January 1966

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR16602 (C-47A, 12852) issued.

    4 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Now a museum exhibit, this C-47A was seen at Tampa in November 1979.

    3 October 1989


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1989 photo at Tampa, Florida

    9 July 1997

    To unknown owner with c/r N16602.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Suisum, CA.

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR16602 (C-47A, 12852) issued.

    1 January 2003

    To unknown owner with c/r N16602.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Suisum, CA.

    2006


    Photographer: Travis Air Force Base (Public Website)
    Notes: C-47 Aircraft being transported from Nut Tree Regional Airport to Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum at Travis AFB, Heritage Center,

    24 April 2006

    To Jimmy Doolittle Air and Space Museum Educ Foundation, Vacaville, CA with new c/r N16602.

    To Travis AFB Heritage Center, Travis AFB, Vacaville-Fairfield, CA.
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    27 September 2011

    Civil registration, N16602, cancelled.

    Transferred to a museum.

    To Travis AFB Aviation Museum, Travis AFB, Vacaville-Fairfield, CA.
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