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Airframe Family:	Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
Latest Model:	VC-47D
Last Military Serial:	44-76326 USAF
Construction Number:	15910
Latest Owner or Location:	USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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Dates		Event
By February 1945		Constructed as a C-47B-28-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
By February 1945		New construction number, 32658, assigned to the airframe.
February 1945		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76326.
18 September 1947		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-76326.
September 1954		Converted to a VC-47D.
		Transferred to 97th Bomb Wing (SAC), Blytheville AFB, AR. SACs last C-47.
7 July 1971		To USS Alabama Monument Commission, Mobile, AL.
October 1975		To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. View the Location Dossier
October 1975		Loaned to USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL. Markings changed to: 0-76326 View the Location Dossier
31 August 1976		Photographer: Steve Williams Notes: USS Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile Alabama. Picture taken on my old Zeiss bellows camera on 120 film, scanned from negative so apologies for quality not being up to much.
26 October 1990		Photographer: Robert Nichols
26 October 1990		Photographer: Robert Nichols
After October 1990		Markings Applied: 7H-R, 0-76276
9 September 2003		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield Notes: 35mm slide scanned.
27 March 2011		Photographer: Terry Fletcher Notes: USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama, United States
2011		Markings Applied: CN-N, 0-76326
4 October 2012		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
4 October 2012		Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
13 April 2015
4 November 2018		Photographer: Robert Nichols

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

Internet Sources
Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
Defense Technical Information Center

Individual Contributors
Glenn Chatfield

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