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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:KG479 RCAF
    Construction Number:12591
    Last Civil Registration:C-FAHD
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota III sn KG479 RCAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hay River Air Services Ltd, Yellowknife, NT

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-15-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    22 February 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92755.

    From 7 March 1944 to 19 February 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n KG479 as a Dakota III.

    1946

    To TCA Trans-Canada Air Lines with new c/r CF-TEB.

    11 January 1961

    To Government of Canada, Department of Transport with new c/r CF-DTH.

    17 June 1970


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1970 photo at Winnipeg -Originally allocated to the RCAF in1944 and based at Patricia Bay/BC, this Douglas DC-3 first served in the TCA fleet before joining Department of Transport

    From 1976 to 28 June 1996

    To Government of Canada, Department of Transport with new c/r C-FDTH.
    Used by Canadian Coast Guard for anti-pollution patrols and ice reconnaissance.

    12 May 1998

    To Buffalo Airways Ltd, Hay River, NT keeping c/r C-FDTH.

    12 May 1998

    To Buffalo Airways Ltd, Hay River, NT with new c/r C-FBAE.

    Operated by Buffalo Airways, Hay River, NT.
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    To unknown owner with c/r C-FBAE.

    12 May 2010


    Photographer: David Osborn
    Notes: At Red Deer Airport, Alberta, Canada

    To CFB Penhold (formerly), Red Deer, AB.
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    Withdrawn from use.

    13 December 2011

    To Buffalo Airways Ltd, Hay River, NT with new c/r C-FBAE.

    September 2012


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Red Deer Airport, Alberta

    28 March 2023

    Civil registration, C-FBAE, cancelled.

    5 April 2023

    To Hay River Air Services Ltd, Yellowknife, NT with new c/r C-FAHD.
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