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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 III
    Last Military Serial:FZ617 RAF
    Construction Number:12172
    Last Civil Registration:N3BA {1}
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota III sn FZ617 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Preferred Airparts, Apple Creek, Kidron, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-1-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92378.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FZ617 as a Dakota III.

    From 15 May 1944 to 5 February 1946

    To KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with new c/r G-AGJT.
    Operated with markings: Turelzuur

    15 May 1944

    To KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-AZT.

    8 January 1946

    To KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-TBA.

    Circa May 1946


    Photographer: Skylarkair

    10 December 1947

    To Sobelair with new c/r OO-TBA.

    3 July 1948

    To Aero Holland with new c/r PH-TFB.

    1951

    To Mallard Aero Services with new c/r N94530.

    1951

    To Thompson Ramo Woolridge Inc keeping c/r N94530.

    To Transair Inc, Linden, NJ keeping c/r N94530.

    12 March 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N94530 (DC3C, 12172) issued.

    1966

    To Air Sports Inc, Houston, TX keeping c/r N94530.

    May 1972

    To Valley International Properties Inc, Brownsville, TX keeping c/r N94530.

    February 1978

    To Airgo Inc T/A Variety Motors Aircraft Sales keeping c/r N94530.

    14 May 1979

    To JC Bowman Avn, Anderson, SC keeping c/r N94530.

    2 June 1979

    To JC Bowman Avn, Anderson, SC with new c/r N3BA {1}.

    August 1988

    To Don Haynes Aviation keeping c/r N3BA {1}.

    Withdrawn from use.
    At Anderson, South Carolina.

    11 December 1990

    To Jacob C Bowman, Anderson, SC with new c/r N3BA {1}.

    9 March 1992

    To Robert D McSwiggan keeping c/r N3BA {1}.

    9 February 1994

    To Piedmont Air Cargo Inc, Gastonia, NC keeping c/r N3BA {1}.

    18 March 1999

    To Jim Hankins Air Service Inc, Jackson, MS keeping c/r N3BA {1}.

    Based at Jim Hankins Air Service, Hawkins Field, Jackson, MS.
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    9 June 2016

    To Jim Hankins Air Service Inc, Jackson, MS keeping c/r N3BA {1}.

    15 March 2017

    To Preferred Airparts Llc, Kidron, OH keeping c/r N3BA {1}.

    Based at Preferred Airparts, Apple Creek, Kidron, OH.
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     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 Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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