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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 I
    Last Military Serial:029 {1} IDF
    Construction Number:12060
    Last Civil Registration:N751A
    Latest Owner or Location:Wwii Airborne Demonstration Team Foundation, Lawton, OK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-1-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92277.

    11 January 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FL633 as a Dakota I.
    The exact model designation for this airframe is uncertain.
    Your Assistance is Needed: Did the RAF operate this Dakota as a Dakota Mk I, Mk II, Mk III or Mk IV?
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    24 July 1946

    To Turkish Air Lines with c/r TC-YOL.

    August 1969

    To Portugal Soc. Acoriana Transportes Aereos (SATA or Air Acores) with c/r CS-TAI.

    1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force with s/n 029 {1}.

    To unknown owner with c/r N751A.

    1975

    To Atlantico Interplano.
    Leased to Atlantico Interplano.

    14 September 1999

    To Global Aircraft Industries of Arizona L, Phoenix, AZ with c/r N751A.

    Based at Oklahoma Airborne Museum, Lawton Municipal Airport, Lawton, OK.
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    13 June 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR751A (C-47, 42-92277) issued.

    Based at WWII Airborne Demonstration Team, Frederick, OK.
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    15 August 2007

    To Wwii Airborne Demonstration Team Foundation, Lawton, OK.

    15 November 2008


    Photographer: Andy Bennett
    Notes: C-47 Boogie Baby operated by the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team. Shown outside her home hangar, the sub-depot of the WWII Frederick Army Air Field.

    21 October 2011

    To Wwii Airborne Demonstration Team Foundation, Lawton, OK.

    6 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for N751A (C-47, 42-92277) issued.
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Andy Bennett
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