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:C-47A-75-DL
    Last Military Serial:42-100903 USAAF
    Construction Number:19366
    Last Civil Registration:N141JR
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-75-DL sn 42-100903 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Thirsty 13th Llc, Dallas, TX

    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

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-75-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    1 January 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-100903.

    12 March 1944

    Transferred to 8th U. S. Air Force, England.

    1 September 1945

    Returned to USA.

    8 November 1945

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corp., Walnut Ridge, AR.

    To W Reilly Jr, Tulsa, OK with new c/r NC57278.

    8 November 1946

    To Canadian Pacific Airlines with new c/r CF-CUC.
    Operated with markings: 202

    10 February 1960

    To Cities Service Oil Co Ltd with new c/r C-FCUC.

    21 May 1964

    To Columbian Carbon (Canada) Ltd, Montreal, QC keeping c/r C-FCUC.

    1 January 1965

    To Syncrude Canada Ltd, Edmonton, AB keeping c/r C-FCUC.

    15 December 1966

    To Great Northern Airways Ltd, Calgary, AB keeping c/r C-FCUC.

    14 June 1971

    To Inti Jet Air keeping c/r C-FCUC.

    24 April 1972

    To Northward Aviation Ltd keeping c/r C-FCUC.

    12 December 1972

    To Northward Airlines keeping c/r C-FCUC.

    1975

    To Gateway Aviation keeping c/r C-FCUC.

    1978

    To Southern Frontier Air Transport Ltd, Calgary, AB keeping c/r C-FCUC.

    28 August 1985

    Certificate of airworthiness for N141JR (DC3C-S1C3G, 19366) issued.

    September 1985

    To unknown owner with c/r N141JR.

    20 January 1999

    To Rhoades International Inc, Seymour, IN keeping c/r N141JR.

    22 July 1999


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed from the control tower at Cedar Rapids, IA

    1 May 2008

    To R F. Diver, Crossroads, TX keeping c/r N141JR.

    To Gainesville Municipal Airport, Gainesville, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    19 March 2010

    To Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth Meacham Airport/Meacham Field, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
    Used as a spares source for s/n 41-18590 c/r N86553.
    View the Location Dossier

    28 April 2010

    To unknown owner.
    Registration pending to a new owner in New York, NY.

    16 May 2010


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: outside the Vintage Flying Museum hangar at Fort Worth Meacham Field

    4 October 2011

    To Thirsty 13th Llc, New York, NY keeping c/r N141JR.

    4 October 2011

    To Thirsty 13th Llc, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N141JR.

    1 August 2013

    To Thirsty 13th Llc, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N141JR.
    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...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=20904][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Douglas C-47A-75-DL, s/n 42-100903 USAAF, c/n 19366, c/r N141JR[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=20904
    Copyright 1993-2024 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.