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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:CC-129 Dakota
    Last Military Serial:12963 CAF
    Construction Number:12217
    Compressed ID:Douglas CC-129 sn 12963 CAF cn 1221...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Air Force Museum of Canada, CFB Trenton, Trenton, Ontario

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-5-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    4 January 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92419.

    27 January 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FZ658.

    By June 1944

    To No. 512 Squadron, RAF Broadwell.

    6 June 1944

    On the night of June 5, 1944, FZ658 was one of 32 Dakotas from 512 Squadron to drop paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division behind enemy lines in Normandy for Operation Tonga, part of the larger Operation Overlord and D Day landings.

    Transferred to No. 48 Squadron, Chittagong, Bengal, India.

    By August 1945

    Transferred to No. 435 Squadron, Gujarat, India.
    Operated with markings: CANUCKS UNLIMITED
    When the war ended, this was the last Canadian aircraft to leave Burma.

    Transferred to No. 4367 Squadron.
    Participated in the return of Canadian troops from Europe.

    2 June 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 992.

    From Circa 1950 to After February 1968

    Transferred to Air Navigation School, RCAF Station Summerside, PE.

    3 June 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Canadian Armed Forces with s/n 12963 as a CC-129.

    By 1979

    Transferred to Air Navigation School, No. 429 Squadron, CFB Winnipeg.
    Operated with markings: Manitoba Flyer

    Circa 1979


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photo taken at Grand Forks AFB, ND.

    10 April 1983


    Photographer: Unknown

    1989

    To National Air Force Museum of Canada, CFB Trenton, Trenton, ON.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 1989

    Markings Applied: CANUCKS UNLIMITED, P
    Repainted to its World War II Burma appearance with camouflage and original RAF serial number FZ658.

    26 May 2012


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
    Notes: 2012 photo taken at the National Air Force Museum of Canada at CFB Trenton/ON (YTR)
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     World Military Out of Service 2008 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Canadian Aircraft Serials Personal Information Resource by Canadian Warplane Heritage
    National Air Force Museum of Canada
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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