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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-90-DL
    Last Military Serial:43-15977 USAAF
    Construction Number:20443
    Last Civil Registration:N230GB
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-90-DL sn 43-15977 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-90-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-15977.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC812.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC112.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC24.

    To unknown owner with c/r N14 {4}.

    To unknown owner with c/r N21 {4}.

    To unknown owner with c/r N24010.

    To unknown owner with c/r N230GB.

    To unknown owner with c/r N230GB (DC3C 1830-94, 20443).

    22 September 1981


    Photographer: Ian Powell
    Notes: Being prepared for display.

    19 April 1983

    Civil registration, N230GB, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner at WPAFB, OH.

    19 April 1983

    To unknown owner with c/r N230GB.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wpafb, OH.

    23 April 1983

    To unknown owner with c/r N230GB.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wpafb, OH.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    The FAA reported a sale to a new owner at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. This new owner is assumed to be the museum.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 1991

    Markings Applied: Seventh Heaven, L7, N, 315977

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    19 April 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Castle Air Museum.

    By 2010

    Markings Applied: 7th Heaven, L7, N, 315977
    Note major change to nose art.

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    1 May 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA, USA.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Ian Powell
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