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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-47D
    Last Military Serial:43-49270 USAF
    Construction Number:15086
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47D sn 43-49270 USAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru - Kokomo, Indiana

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47B-15-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    1944

    New construction number, 26531, assigned to the airframe.

    November 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49270.

    By June 1945

    Transferred to 3502nd Army Air Force Base Unit, Chanute Army Air Field, IL.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 43-49270.

    1947

    Transferred to 1603rd Air Transport Wing, Wheelus AB, Libya.

    Circa 1950

    Converted to a C-47D.

    1953

    Transferred to 305th Bomb Wing MacDill AFB, FL.

    1959

    Base of operations changed.
    Bunker Hill AFB, IN.

    1967

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed on display inside main gate at Grissom AFB, IN.

    By 1978

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    1978

    Loaned to Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru-Kokomo, IN.
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    17 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Grissom Air Museum at Grissom AFB, Indiana.

    5 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    15 May 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    11 May 2018


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Peru, IN.

    11 May 2018


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Peru, IN.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Douglas DC-3 Survivors, Volume Two by Arthur Pearcy
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Aviation Archaeology
    Grissom Air Museum
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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