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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3A-269C
    Construction Number:02270
    Last Civil Registration:N496
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3A-269C cn 02270 cr N496...
    Latest Owner or Location:Chennault Aviation and Military Museum of Louisiana, Monroe Regional, Monroe, Louisiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-3A-269C.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC25662.

    June 1942

    To United Airlines with new c/r N25662.
    Operated with markings: Mainliner Ohio

    August 1949

    To Bonanza Airlines keeping c/r N25662.
    Markings added: Copper State

    Assigned civil registration: N496

    June 1961

    To Southern Airways keeping c/r N496.

    November 1963

    To Lee County Mosquito Control keeping c/r N496.

    Fitted out to perform spraying duties.

    29 May 1975

    To Enviromental Aviation SVC Inc, Bourg, LA keeping c/r N496.

    By April 1989


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    3 June 1989


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Belle Glade, Florida

    August 1993

    To Houma-Terrebonne Airport, Houma, LA.
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    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Stored at Houma-Terrebonne Airport, Louisiana. Scanned slide.

    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Stored at Houma-Terrebonne Airport, Louisiana. Scanned slide.

    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Stored at Houma-Terrebonne Airport, Louisiana. Scanned slide.

    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Stored at Houma-Terrebonne Airport, Louisiana. This Douglas DC-3A-269C is one of only a handfull surviving original DC-3s with a passenger door. Scanned slide.

    August 1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder
    Notes: Inside the cabin, but I carried no flash. Note that the old style hat racks were still present. Scanned slide.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Chennault Aviation and Military Museum of Louisiana, Monroe Regional, Monroe, LA.
    Stored engineless here.
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    23 May 2007

    Civil registration, N496, cancelled.

    27 September 2023


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chennault Aviation and Military Museum of Louisiana, Monroe, LA.

    27 September 2023


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chennault Aviation and Military Museum of Louisiana, Monroe, LA.


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    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

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    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    Han de Ridder

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