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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:R4D-6
    Last Military Serial:50754 USN
    Construction Number:14688
    Last Civil Registration:N211GB {2}
    Compressed ID:Douglas R4D-6 sn 50754 USN cn 14688...
    Latest Owner or Location:Dodson International Parts Inc, Rantoul, KS

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    Dates

    Event

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

    New construction number, 26133, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48872.

    Redesignated as R4D-6.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 50754.

    To unknown owner with c/r N9118Z.

    To unknown owner with c/r N70.

    Civil registration N70JC reserved but not taken up.

    29 March 1968

    Certificate of airworthiness for N211GB {2} (DC3C 1830-94, 26133) issued.

    13 January 1981

    To Lee County Mosquito Control District, Fort Myers, FL with new c/r N211GB {2}.

    Based at Lee County Mosquito Control District, Buckingham Field, Cape Coral, FL.
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    29 September 1984


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

    31 January 2009


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

    7 December 2010

    To Dodson International Parts Inc, Rantoul, KS keeping c/r N211GB {2}.

    3 April 2020

    Civil registration, N211GB {2}, cancelled.

    1 May 2023

    Civil registration, N211GB {2}, cancelled.
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