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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-47B-15-DK
    Last Military Serial:4X-FNA / 007 IDF
    Construction Number:15347
    Last Civil Registration:N215CM
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47B-15-DK sn 4X-FNA / 007...
    Latest Owner or Location:Vintage Traditions Foundations, San Luis Obispo, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-15-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 26792, assigned to the airframe.

    30 November 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49531.

    1947

    To unknown owner with c/r NC63186.

    5 May 1950

    To Elsham Ltd with new c/r 4X-ADA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force with s/n 1407.

    1965

    New serial number assigned: 4X-FNA / 007 IDF

    13 September 1999

    To Global Aircraft Industries of Arizona L, Phoenix, AZ with new c/r N215CM.

    21 June 2007


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: N215CM is the right hand of this trio at Edmonton-Villeneuve, Alberta, Canada

    30 May 2008

    To American Aeronautical Foundation, Thousand Oaks, CA keeping c/r N215CM.

    19 November 2009


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Camarillo, California, U.S.A.

    To Challenge Publications/American Aeronautical Foundation, Camarillo Airport, Camarillo, CA.
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    Markings Applied: 007

    24 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Camarillo Airport

    24 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Camarillo Airport

    8 September 2014

    To American Aeronautical Foundation, Newbury Park, CA keeping c/r N215CM.

    17 July 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N215CM.
    Sale reported to a new owner in San Luis Obispo, CA.

    5 December 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N215CM.
    Registration pending to a new owner in San Luis Obispo, CA.

    6 March 2021

    To unknown owner with c/r N215CM.
    Registration pending to a new owner in San Luis Obispo, CA.

    20 May 2021

    To Vintage Traditions Foundations, San Luis Obispo, CA keeping c/r N215CM.

    9 June 2023


    Photographer: Christopher Brame
    Notes: Taken at Santa Margarita Ranch Airport, Santa Margarita, CA, June 9, 2023.

    9 June 2023


    Photographer: Christopher Brame
    Notes: Taken at Santa Margarita Ranch Airport, Santa Margarita, CA on June 9, 2023.


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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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    John Bennett

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