Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:Dakota IV
    Last Military Serial:KN487 RAF
    Construction Number:16218
    Last Civil Registration:G-AMCA
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota IV sn KN487 RAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, Flevoland

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-30-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 32966, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76634.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN487 as a Dakota IV.

    June 1950

    To Skyways International with new c/r G-AMCA.

    October 1950

    To Fairey Aviation keeping c/r G-AMCA.

    18 August 1959

    To Fairey Air Surveys Ltd keeping c/r G-AMCA.

    25 August 1968


    Photographer: Ken Marshall
    Notes: At Prestwick Airport, Scotland

    May 1976

    To BST Aviation Holdings (Farnborough) keeping c/r G-AMCA.

    From 20 July 1977 to 9 June 1988

    To Air Atlantique Limited keeping c/r G-AMCA.

    31 August 1987


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1987 photo at Winnipeg, Canada - A surprising ferry flight visitor was one of UK based Air Atlantiques DC-3s

    9 June 1988

    To Atlantic Air Transport Ltd, Dakota House, Coventry Airport West, Baginton, Coventry keeping c/r G-AMCA.

    16 October 2003

    Civil registration, G-AMCA, cancelled.

    To Luchtvaartmuseum Aviodrome.

    To Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, Flevoland.
    View the Location Dossier
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=76284][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Douglas Dakota IV, s/n KN487 RAF, c/n 16218, c/r G-AMCA[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=76284
    Copyright 1993-2025 m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.