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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-2-112
    Last Military Serial:A30-14 RAAF
    Construction Number:01288
    Last Civil Registration:PH-AJU {2}
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-2-112 sn A30-14 RAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Nederlands Transport Museum, Nieuw-Vennep, Noord-Holland

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-2-112.

    October 1934

    To Eastern Airlines with new c/r NC13738.

    9 May 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A30-14.

    17 September 1942


    Photographer: E.A.Crome Collection
    Notes: DC-2 A30-14 had callsign VHCRH painted on the fuselage next to the serial when it had a landing accident at Cooktown,Queensland on 17 September 1942. Seen dismantled ready to be sent by shipped to ANA for rebuild

    13 October 1943

    To Australian National Airways with new c/r VH-CRH.
    Operated with markings: Me Mate

    19 February 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A30-14.

    25 February 1947

    To Marshall Airways.

    Circa 1964


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Former RAAF Douglas DC-2 A30-14 in Sid Marshalls storage yard on the boundary of Bankstown Airport, Sydney in 1964.Marshall Airways purchased five RAAF DC-2s from military disposals after WWII with plans to start an airline service but DCA would not grant an airline licence. A30-14 was still in camouflage with name ME MATE in white under the cockpit

    25 February 1987

    To Dutch Dakota Association with new c/r PH-AJU {2}.

    19 December 1988

    To Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, Flevoland.
    Only the fuselage is preserved with the museum.
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    26 March 2014


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2014 photo at Lelystad Aviodrome Museum

    14 July 2018

    To Nederlands Transport Museum, Nieuw-Vennep, Noord-Holland.
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    14 July 2018


    Photographer: JWL
    Notes: painted as PF-AFK, Koninklijke Nederlands-Indische Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KNILM)
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 The First Seventy Years (ISBN 0-85130-332-3) by Jennifer Gradidge
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Australian Defense Force Serials
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    J W Laroo
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