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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-117C
    Last Military Serial:42-108866 USAF
    Construction Number:12508
    Last Civil Registration:N53425
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-117C sn 42-108866 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:17 TRW/XPR, Goodfellow AFB, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-10-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    15 February 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-108866.

    February 1944

    To Baer Army Air Field, IN.

    March 1944

    To 12th Air Force, Casablanca, Morocco.

    September 1945

    Returned to CONUS.

    13 April 1948

    To American Air Express/Pioneer Airlines Inc, Houston 17, TX with new c/r N53425 (DC3C-65TP, 12508).

    June 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 42-108866 as a VC-47A.
    Used as a staff transport.

    June 1952

    Transferred to San Antonio Air Material Area, Kelly AFB, TX.

    Circa January 1953

    Converted to a C-117C.

    January 1953

    Transferred to 4600th Air Base Wing, Air Defense Command, Peterson AFB, CO.

    March 1955

    Transferred to 4700th Air Defense Group, Stewart AFB, NY.

    August 1955

    Transferred to 329th Fighter Group, Stewart AFB, NY.

    May 1962

    Transferred to 4603rd Air Base Group, Stewart AFB, NY.

    22 December 1966

    Civil registration, N53425, cancelled.

    October 1967

    Transferred to Civil Air Patrol, McArthur MAP, NY.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    To Pate Museum of Transportation, Fort Worth, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pate Museum of Transportation, Cresson, TX

    28 October 2005

    Placed on display with Goodfellow AFB, San Angelo, TX.
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    Loaned to 17 TRW/XPR, Goodfellow AFB, TX.

    Circa October 2005

    Markings Applied: USAF, 43 204
    Displayed as D-Day combat vet turned EC-47Q 43-15204. From EC47.com: When EC-47Q 43-15204 rolled to a stop at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base on May 15th 1974, the U.S. Air Forces eight year ARDF mission came to a close. That is the reason for the choice of 204 to be replicated at Goodfellow as a memorial to all EC-47 veterans of the Vietnam conflict.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    Circa August 2021


    Photographer: Anonymous

    Circa August 2021


    Photographer: Anonymous
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