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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-47A-85-DL
    Last Military Serial:43-15510 USAF
    Construction Number:19976
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-85-DL sn 43-15510 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hurlburt Field Memorial Airpark, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    By October 1943

    Constructed as a C-47A-85-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    23 October 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 43-15510.

    November 1943

    Transferred to 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, England.

    6 June 1944

    Carried elements of the 505th Parachute infantry Regiment on D-Day.

    September 1944

    Flew in Operation Market Garden.

    Aircraft suffered combat damage during WWII.

    After April 1945

    Assigned to Germany with the 61st, 12th, and 60th Troop Carrier Groups.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 43-15510.

    By 1948

    Transferred to 7290th Air Base Group, Germany.
    Flew in Berlin Air Lift.

    January 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Turk Hava Kuvvetleri with s/n 43-15510.

    November 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 43-15510.

    November 1954

    Transferred to 169th Fighter Bomber Squadron, 126th Fighter Bomber Group, Illinois ANG, Greater Peoria Airport, IL.

    By 1971

    Transferred to Ohio Air National Guard, Springfield, OH.

    August 1971


    Photographer: Bob Garrard, with permission
    Notes: At Springfield, OH ANG Base

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 1 SOMSG/CD, Hurlburt Field, FL.

    9 June 1973

    To Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
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    23 September 1979


    Photographer: Richard Vandervord
    Notes: Hurlbert Field

    Markings Applied: 100510
    Marked and displayed as an AC-47D.

    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: A Hurlburt Field memorial park.

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    To Hurlburt Field Memorial Airpark, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
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    Mike Henniger
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