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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
    Last Military Serial:43-15200 USAAF
    Construction Number:19666
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A sn 43-15200 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-15200.

    From 1944 to 1946

    Transferred to European Theater of Operations.

    6 June 1944

    Dropped soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during the Normandy assault.

    December 1944

    Played a crucial role in the airborne resupply of Bastogne.

    March 1945

    Participated in Operation Varsity airborne assault.

    June 1946

    Transferred to 99th Troop Carrier Squadron/441st Troop Carrier Group/IX Troop Carrier Command, 9th AF, Bolling Field, DC.

    Transferred to New York Air National Guard.

    From Unknown to 1960

    Transferred to Alaska Air National Guard, Kulis Air National Guard Base, Anchorage, AK.
    Operated with markings: 0-315200

    1960

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1960

    Loaned to Kulis Air National Guard Base, Anchorage, AK.
    Placed on display.

    Circa 1983

    Loaned to Transportation and Industry Museum of Alaska, Wasilla, Palmer, AK.
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    26 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Transportation and Industry Museum of Alaska, Wasilla, Palmer, Alaska, United States

    26 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher

    6 June 2024

    Personnel from Robins Air Force Base, GA dismantled the plane at the Museum of Alaska Transportation in Wasilla, Alaska, getting it ready for transportation to the Museum of Aviation at Robins AFB, GA.

    June 2024

    Loaned to Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
    Awaiting resortoration for display.
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