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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-47K
    Last Military Serial:39103 US
    Construction Number:16070
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47K sn 39103 US cn 16070
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    By March 1945

    Constructed as a TC-47B-25-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    By March 1945

    New construction number, 32818, assigned to the airframe.

    28 March 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76486.
    Not TOS: transferred directly to USN.

    28 March 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 39103 as a R4D-7.

    By 31 March 1945

    Transferred to NAS Clinton, OK.

    7 November 1945

    Transferred to NAS Pensacola, FL.

    17 June 1946

    Transferred to Naval Air Reserve Training (NART), NAS Memphis, TN.

    March 1947

    Transferred to NAS Quonset Point, RI.

    October 1947

    Transferred to Utility Squadron, NAS Correy Field, FL.

    January 1948

    Transferred to Basic Training Unit 6 (BTU-6), NAS Whiting, FL.

    April 1948

    Transferred to Utility Squadron, NAS Correy Field, FL.

    June 1948

    Assigned to NAS Correy Field, FL for storage.

    From 1957 to 1958

    Transferred to Air Development Squadron 6 (VX-6), McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

    September 1962

    Redesignated as TC-47B-25-DK.

    March 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 39103 as a NC-47D and operated with these markings: 9103.

    May 1971

    Transferred to Army Aviation Detachment, Fort Monmouth, NAS Lakehurst, NJ.
    Used as an electronic test aircraft.

    May 1971

    Redesignated as NEC-47H.

    Markings Applied: 0-39103

    July 1971

    Redesignated as C-47K.

    After September 1976

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Moved to Eglin AFB, FL, for the museum.
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    October 1976


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: At Elgin AFB

    1 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: In 1979 this Skytrain was displayed at the USAF Armament Museum at Eglin AFB in US Army markings as a NC-47B model.

    By October 1986

    Loaned to Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, Valparaiso, FL.
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    Markings Applied: 0-39103
    Placed on display.

    Markings Applied: AF 43-010, OS
    Marked and displayed as AC-47.

    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Valparaiso, Eglin AFB.

    Circa 2003


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Valparaiso, Eglin AFB.

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
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     Douglas DC-3 Survivors, Volume Two by Arthur Pearcy
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
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