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Constructed as a C-47B-1-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA. |
Circa 1943 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-16277. |
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Converted to a NC-47D. |
July 1944 |
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Transferred to 7th Ferrying Group (Air Transport Command), Great Falls, MT. |
August 1944 |
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To 555th Air Base Unit (ATC), Love Field, Dallas, TX. |
July 1946 |
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Transferred to 556th AAF Base Unit (ATC), Memphis MAP, TN. |
January 1947 |
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To 62nd AAF Base Unit (ATC), MacDill AFB, FL. |
February 1948 |
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Transferred to 5th Air Rescue Squadron (ATC), Selfridge AFB, IL. |
March 1948 |
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Transferred to 9th Air Rescue Squadron (ATC), Selfridge AFB, IL. |
September 1948 |
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Transferred to 2151st Air Rescue Unit (Military Air Transport Service), Selfridge AFB, IL. |
October 1949 |
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Transferred to 6th Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Westover AFB, MA.
(to SC-47D). |
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Converted to a SC-47D. |
December 1950 |
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Ferry flight.
To Goose Bay Labrador. |
1 February 1952 |
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Photographer: Eugene H. Sabelman, Lt. USAF
Notes: copy of 35mm slide taken by my father, Lt Eugene Sabelman, while stationed at Goose Bay AFB, Labrador, assigned to the 6th Air Rescue Squadron Flight D. He usually flew SB-17s, but his flight log shows he flew a SC-47 s/n 6477 Aug 8 and 13, 1951, which might be the 6277 mis-itendtified. -Eric Sabelman |
November 1952 |
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Transferred to 55th Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Thule AB, Greenland. |
January 1953 |
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Transferred to 87th Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Palm Beach, FL. |
April 1954 |
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Transferred to 63rd Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Norton AFB, CA. |
September 1954 |
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Transferred to 62nd Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Stead AFB, NV. |
May 1955 |
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Transferred to 63rd Air Rescue Squadron (MATS), Norton AFB, CA. |
July 1958 |
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Transferred to 2750th Air Base Wing (Air Materiel Command), Wright-Patterson AFB OH. |
October 1960 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.
Dropped from inventory by transfer to US Army. |
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To unknown owner with c/r XW-TDK {1}. |
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To unknown owner with c/r N236GB. |
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Remanufactured.
New construction number, 33216, assigned to the airframe. |
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To Benjamin O. Davis High School, Burke Lakefront Airport, Cleveland, OH.
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5 May 1997 |
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To Cleveland Board of Education, Cleveland, OH keeping c/r N236GB. |
24 October 2008 |
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To Indiana Air Search and Rescue Inc, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N236GB. |
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To Indiana Military Museum, Vincennes, IN.
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7 August 2011 |
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Photographer: Roger Janssens
Notes: Aircraft currently owned by Indiana Military Museum and stored at museums future location (38.674056,-87.538457). According to another photo found on the web, the aircraft has since been repainted into camouflage colours. |
24 May 2012 |
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Photographer: Frank Roales
Notes: Oct 11 2014 - All this information on this aircraft is from Frank Roales Asst. Curator (aviation) Indiana Military Museum. Aircraft is now painted and marked as D-Day invasion Paratrooper ship. |
15 April 2013 |
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Civil registration, N236GB, cancelled. |
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