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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-47J
    Last Military Serial:50779 USN
    Construction Number:14943
    Last Civil Registration:N214GB
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47J sn 50779 USN cn 14943...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gunter Annex (former Gunter AFB), Montgomery, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-10-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    31 October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49127.

    31 October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 50779 as a R4D-6.

    31 October 1944

    To FAW-14, San Diego, CA.

    December 1944

    Transferred to VE-1.

    February 1945

    Transferred to VR-4.

    March 1945

    Transferred to VR-11.

    April 1945

    Transferred to VR-13.

    1 January 1946

    Transferred to ComAir PHL.

    9 November 1946

    Transferred to Pearl Harbor, HI.

    February 1947

    Transferred to San Diego, CA.

    June 1947

    Transferred to Quonset Point, RI.

    January 1948

    Transferred to San Diego, CA.

    February 1948

    Transferred to FAETU-Pac.

    September 1958

    To unknown owner with c/r N701.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as C-47J.

    New construction number, 26388, assigned to the airframe.

    June 1965

    To USN Department, Bureau Land Management, AK with new c/r N645.

    21 June 1976

    To USDA with new c/r N214GB.

    1 July 1980

    To USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC keeping c/r N214GB.

    5 October 1984

    Civil registration, N214GB, cancelled.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 42 CONS/LGCM-3, Maxwell AFB, AL.

    By June 1988

    Placed on display with Gunter Annex (former Gunter AFB), Montgomery, AL.
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    By 1996

    Markings Applied: EN, 770
    Displayed as AC-47D 43-49770. The original 770 was the gunship that was damaged in flight by a mortar round on Feb 24, 1969. Medal of Honor awarded to John L. Levitow for his actions while on this plane.

    1996


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photographed at the AF Senior NCO Academy (SNCOA).
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
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