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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:TC-47K
    Last Military Serial:99854 USN
    Construction Number:16597
    Last Civil Registration:N227GB
    Compressed ID:Douglas TC-47K sn 99854 USN cn 1659...
    Latest Owner or Location:Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TC-47B-35-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 33345, assigned to the airframe.

    25 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-77013.
    Not TOS, transferred directly to U.S. Navy.

    May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 99854 as a R4D-7.

    May 1945

    Transferred to NAS Clinton, OK.

    September 1945

    Transferred to NAS Quonset Point, RI.

    January 1946

    Transferred to NAS Corpus Christi, TX.

    January 1947

    Transferred to NAS Quonset Point, RI.

    May 1947

    Transferred to NAS Anacostia, DC.

    To U. S. Department of the Navy, Washington, DC with new c/r N7074C.

    August 1956

    To U. S. Department of the Navy, Washington, DC with new c/r N32 {1}.

    August 1956

    Loaned to Civil Aeronautics Authority, Washington, DC.
    Used for Flight Inspection.

    12 December 1958

    Loaned to Federal Aviation Agency, Washington, DC.
    Used for Flight Inspection.

    1962

    Redesignated as TC-47K.

    29 March 1968

    Certificate of airworthiness for N32 {1} (DC3C 1830-94, 33345) issued.

    4 August 1976

    To Federal Aviation Agency, Washington, DC keeping c/r N32 {1}.

    17 September 1976

    To US Department of Agriculture with new c/r N227GB.

    By 1985

    To American Airpower Her Flying Mus, Midland, TX keeping c/r N227GB.

    Markings Applied: Black Sparow, 2L, A, 315033
    Painted in false s/n as 43-15033.

    Circa 1985


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Tulsa Airshow, Tulsa, OK.

    2 August 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    2 August 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    2 August 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    23 June 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Glenview NAS, IL

    5 June 1992

    To American Airpower Her Flying Mus, Midland, TX keeping c/r N227GB.

    In the inventory of Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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    To Commemorative Air Force-Great Lakes Wing, Gary Regional Airport, Gary, IN.
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    To Commemorative Air Force-Great Lakes Wing, Lansing Airport, Lansing, IL.
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    21 May 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare Airport

    27 August 1995


    Photographer: Tom Roberts Collection
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Freedom show in Frederick, MD.

    8 August 2008


    Photographer: Jeff Hunt
    Notes: Thunder Over Michigan Ypsilanti Mich.

    9 August 2008

    9 August 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Thunder Over Michigan at the Yankee Air Force Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

    9 August 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Thunder Over Michigan at the Yankee Air Force Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

    9 August 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Thunder Over Michigan at the Yankee Air Force Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

    12 September 2013

    To Commemorative Air Force, Midland, TX keeping c/r N227GB.

    9 September 2015

    To Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N227GB.


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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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