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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-47A-70-DL
    Last Military Serial:25 {1} MN
    Construction Number:19288
    Last Civil Registration:N50V
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-70-DL sn 25 MN cn 192...
    Latest Owner or Location:Musee des Troupes Aeroportees, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Manche

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-70-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-100825.

    8 March 1946

    To DDL-Det Danske Luftfartsselskab A/S with new c/r OY-DDA {2}.

    To unknown owner with c/r N9984F.

    31 January 1962

    To unknown owner with c/r N50V.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Marine Nationale with s/n 25 {1}.

    13 January 1983

    Placed on display with Musee Des Troupes Aeroportees, Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Manche.
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    Markings Applied: D8-Z, 315159

    After 2006


    Photographer: Bill Samuels
    Notes: Photo at the Airborne Museum in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, Normandy, France

    12 June 2017


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Sainte Mere Eglise, Manche, France

    12 June 2017


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Sainte Mere Eglise, Manche, France
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2014 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Ruud Leeuw.com by Ruud Leeuw
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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