Dates

Event

1944

Constructed as a C-47A-90-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

Circa May 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-15982.

2 June 1944

Transferred to 9th Student Training Unit, Air Transport Command, 36th Street Airport, Miami, FL.

17 June 1944

Transferred to 400th Base Unit, ASC Miami, FL.

15 July 1944

Transferred to Air Transport Command, Caribbean.

24 November 1944

Transferred to 1105th Base Unit, Air Transport Command, Miami, FL.

2 January 1945

Transferred to 1103rd Base Unit, Morrison AAF, West Palm Beach, FL.

14 September 1947

Transferred to 1102nd Base Unit, Mitchel Field, NY.

19 September 1947

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 43-15982.

26 October 1947

Transferred to 1377th Base Unit, Westover AFB, MA.

2 June 1948

Transferred to 520th Air Base Group.

1948

Flew missions during the Berlin Airlift.

17 February 1949

Transferred to 1604th Air Base Group, Kindley AFB, Bermuda.

14 March 1951

Transferred to 1604th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Westover AFB, MA.

13 December 1951

Involved in an incident.
Accident took place 300 miles north of Bermuda, pilot was 2 LT Robert Smith.

25 February 1952

Transferred to 1629th Support Squadron, Rhein Main AB, Germany.

30 August 1952

Transferred to 2058 Air Weather Group, Wiesbaden, Germany.

30 June 1953

Base of operations changed.

5 February 1954

Transferred to 2nd Air Weather Wing, Air Weather Service, USAFE, Furstenfeldbruck Air Base, Germany.

11 April 1955

Transferred to 6th Weather Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

27 April 1955

Transferred to 6th Weather Detatchment, Kelly AFB, TX.

2 June 1955

Transferred to Tinker AFB, OK.

18 June 1958

Transferred to 4th Weather Group, Andrews AFB, MD.

30 June 1961

Transferred to Transferred to Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area (OCAMA), Tinker AFB, OK.

30 June 1961

Transferred to LOG Tinker OKAMA, Tinker AFB, OK.
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1 January 1962

Transferred to 2854th Air Base Wing, Tinker AFB, OK.

30 December 1963

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 43-15982.

Transferred to New Cumberland Army Depot, PA.

From 5 December 1974 to 19 June 1975

Assigned to MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

28 July 1975

To Lee County Mosquito Control District, Fort Myers, FL with new c/r N838M.

29 September 1984

Photographer: Mike Powney
Notes: 1984 photo taken at Lehigh Acres, Buckingham Fields, Florida

9 November 1987

Photographer: Lewis Grant
Notes: N838M Douglas DC-3 Lee County Mosquito Control - Parked at its base, near Lehigh Acres, Florida

Based at Lee County Mosquito Control District, Buckingham Field, Cape Coral, FL.
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31 January 2009

Photographer: John Bennett
Notes: Taken at LeHigh Acres, Florida, U.S.A.

9 December 2010

To Dodson International Parts Inc, Rantoul, KS keeping c/r N838M.

13 August 2012

To The Roasterie, 1204 20th Street, Kansas City, MO keeping c/r N838M.

18 September 2012

Placed on display with The Roasterie Coffee, Kansas City, MO.
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Markings Applied: NC5931

9 March 2013

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the east end of the building, looking at the runway structure

9 March 2013

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

9 March 2013

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

8 August 2013

Civil registration, N838M, cancelled.
Sale reported to a new owner in Ottawa, KS.