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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:Dakota I
    Last Military Serial:FD795 RAF
    Construction Number:09049
    Last Civil Registration:XA-REP
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota I sn FD795 RAF cn 09...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviation Warehouse, El Mirage Field, Adelanto, California

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-32823.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FD795 as a Dakota I.

    To unknown owner with c/r G-AIJD (DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA 3, 9049).

    To unknown owner with c/r YV-C-AVK.

    15 July 1977

    To Flying Sportsmen Club Inc, Reno, NV with new c/r N50F.

    31 October 1977

    Civil registration, N50F, cancelled.
    Exported to Mexico.

    25 April 1991


    Photographer: Augusto Gomez
    Notes: Picture taken at Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Mexico

    To unknown owner with c/r XA-JIE.

    To AeroLibertad with new c/r XA-REP.

    Withdrawn from use.

    To Trade winds Aircraft Supply, San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    2013

    To Aviation Warehouse, El Mirage Field, Adelanto, CA.
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    13 October 2013


    Photographer: H@BHX Monster Hunter
    Notes: 2013 photo showing that the fuselage from this airframe has been moved from San Antonio to the Aviation Warehouse, El Mirage, CA.Photo displayed with written permission of BHX Monster Hunter

    13 October 2013


    Photographer: H@BHX Monster Hunter
    Notes: 2013 photo showing that the fuselage from this airframe has been moved from San Antonio to the Aviation Warehouse, El Mirage, CA.Photo displayed with written permission of BHX Monster Hunter


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    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
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher
    Augusto Gomez

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