Dates

Event

1943

Constructed as a C-47A-35-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

15 June 1943

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-23838.

June 1946

To Mount McKinley Airfreight Company, Anchorage, AK, with new c/r NC49838.

To Mount McKinley Airfreight Company, Anchorage, AK, with new c/r N7V.

1950

To Proctor and Gamble Ltd with new c/r N3W.

To Proctor and Gamble Ltd with new c/r N3PG.

February 1969

To First National Stores, Somerville, MA with new c/r N308FN.

To S. J. Hunter Realty Ltd, Sayville, NY keeping c/r N308FN.

29 July 1973

To Aladin Safaris, Dorval with new c/r CF-EEX.

Circa 1975

To Golfe Air, QC with new c/r C-FEEX.

February 1982

To Century Airlines of Pontiac, MI with new c/r N2669A.

To ARM Paife with new c/r EC-187.

August 1982

To S. A. Palfe with new c/r EC-FNS (Douglas DC-3 (C47-A35-DL), 9700).

05-94/08-95 Son Bonet Placed in storage.

11 August 1987

Photographer: Peter Garwood
Notes: Seen at Pontiac, MI, operated by Century Airlines as N2669A.

Circa 1993

Photographer: Reinhard Zinab
Notes: EC-FNS - Douglas C-47A (DC-3) - ARM Aeromarket (Palfe) at Palma de Mallorca (PMI) in summer 1993

5 August 1995

Certificate of airworthiness for N47FK (DC3C, 9700) issued.

22 September 1998

To Kilo Aviation Inc Owner Trustee, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N47FK.
Operated with markings: 292912 (fake)

2001

Used in the filming of the television mini-series Band of Brothers.

By October 2003

Placed in open storage at Lee-on-Solent Airfield in the UK.

From 2004 to 2004

Leased to Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, Flevoland.
View the Location Dossier

September 2004

Used by the Aviodrome for the Operation Market Garden memorial parachute droppings.

11 May 2006

To Martin Aviation Inc, Santa Ana, CA keeping c/r N47FK.

Markings Applied: FIFI KATE

Based at Lyon Air Museum, John Wayne International Airport (Orange County Airport), Santa Ana, CA.
View the Location Dossier

7 April 2009

Photographer: Krister Karlsmoen
Notes: N47FK Douglas DC-3C at Santa Ana CA, KSNA

12 April 2010

Civil registration, N47FK, cancelled.
Exported to Colombia.

By 6 November 2010

To LASER Aero Colombia, Villavicencio, Colombia with new c/r HK-4700 (Douglas DC-3C, 9700).

6 November 2010

Crashed.
Summary: The damage to the airframe was substantial. There were 26,143 hours on the airframe at the time. The cargo flight departed Villavicencio Airport (VVC/SKVV), Colombia and was destined for Guerima Airport, Colombia. The accident occurred at Guerima Airport (Colombia) while landing. The airframe was repaired. Narrative: A Douglas DC-3C plane, registered HK-4700, sustained substantial damage in an accident at Guerima Airport, Colombia. There were no fatalities. The airplane had arrived after a cargo flight from Villavicencio...
For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

2011

Photographer: David Osborn
Notes: At Villavicencio La Vanguardia

By 8 May 2014

To Aliansa Colombia keeping c/r HK-4700.

8 May 2014

Crashed.
The airframe was destroyed. There were five fatalities. There were 27,771 hours on the airframe at the time. The cargo flight departed Villavicencio-La Vanguardia Airport (VVC/SKVV), Colombia and was destined for Florencia Airport (FLA/SKFL), Colombia. The accident occurred at 45 km (28. 1 mls) N of San Vicente del Caguan (Colombia) while en route. A DC-3 cargo plane operated by ALIANSA Colombia was destroyed when it impacted mountainous terrain north of San Vicente del Caguan, Colombia. All occupants sustained fatal injuries...
For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

Written off.