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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:50761 US
    Construction Number:14828
    Last Civil Registration:N219GB
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47J sn 50761 US cn 14828...
    Latest Owner or Location:Charles B Hall Airpark, Tinker AFB (north side), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

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

    New construction number, 26273, assigned to the airframe.

    18 October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49012.

    19 October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 50761 as a R4D-6.

    19 October 1944

    Transferred to VR-3, Naval Air Transport Service, Olathe, KS.

    November 1946

    Transferred to NAS Quonset Point, RI.

    April 1947

    Transferred to Pensacola NAS, FL.

    May 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 50761.

    May 1957

    Transferred to Marine Utility Squadron, Navy Technical Station Corry, Pensacola, FL.

    6 July 1962

    Redesignated as C-47J.

    July 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 50761 and operated with these markings: 0-50761.

    20 September 1976

    To U. S. Department, Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Riverdale, MD with new c/r N219GB.

    1 July 1980

    To USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC keeping c/r N219GB.

    By April 1984

    Loaned to National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Circa April 1984

    Loaned to Charles B Hall Airpark, Tinker AFB (north side), Oklahoma City, OK.
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    Circa April 1984

    Markings Applied: 50761

    5 October 1984

    Civil registration, N219GB, cancelled.

    By 1997

    Markings Applied: 2150761
    Finished in a D-Day paint scheme.

    9 April 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    9 April 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 July 2015


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Douglas DC-3 Survivors, Volume Two by Arthur Pearcy
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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