Dates

Event

Constructed as a C-47B-25-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

New construction number, 32716, assigned to the airframe.

Circa 1944

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76384.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN353 as a Dakota IV.

February 1945

Transferred to RAF, Dorval, Montreal.

February 1945

Transferred to 243 SQDN (RAF), Camden, Australia.

From 26 December 1945 to 30 December 1945

Flew special trip to Hong Kong.

From 31 December 1945 to 2 January 1946

Returned to Camden from Hong Kong. Pilot F/O Bailey, co-pilot W/O S.G.Head, total flying time 57h 55m of which 3h night flying.

4 February 1946

Transferred to 389 MU, Singapore.

1953

Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Air Force.

To Transair, Croydon Airport with new c/r G-AMYJ.

Restored.
Refurbished for civilian use.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XF747 as a Dakota IV.
Leased back to the RAF. Used for training flights in the Middle East.

8 May 1959

Operated by Jersey Airlines, Middle East.
Jersey Airlines formed part of British United (Cl) Airways on 1 August 1963.

Operated by Morton Air Services.
Morton was also part of BU(Cl) Airways.

1 November 1968

Returned to BU colours, this time as British United Airways.

6 May 1969

To South West Aviation, Exeter with new c/r G-AMYJ.

14 September 1972

To Intra Airways Jersey keeping c/r G-AMYJ.

To Nile Delta Airways with new c/r SU-AZF.
Leased to Nile Delta from Intra Airways Jersey.

23 September 1978

Photographer: Mike Powney
Notes: 1978 photo taken at Exeter Airport

29 November 1978

Leased to Eastern Airways, Kirmington (Humberside).

1981

Photographer: Paul Thallon
Notes: 1981 photo at Glasgow, Scotland - of an Eastern Airways DC-3

20 October 1981

To Air Atlantique with new c/r G-AMYJ.
Purchased by and delivered via Aces High to Harvestair, Southen.

From 3 March 1982 to 9 November 1988

To Harvest Air Limited, Southen keeping c/r G-AMYJ.

Fitted with spray equipment and returned to Coventry.

Used to spray oil slicks around the coast of the UK.

4 June 1988

Photographer: Mike Powney
Notes: 1988 photo taken at Exeter Airport

From 9 November 1988 to 26 February 1990

To Janes Aviation Ltd keeping c/r G-AMYJ.

26 February 1990

To Atlantic Air Transport Ltd, Dakota House, Coventry Airport West, Baginton, Coventry keeping c/r G-AMYJ.

Circa 1990

Photographer: Andrew William Breeden
Notes: When first delivered to Air Atlantique from Harvest Air

20 July 1996

Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Dakota IV of Air Atlantique under contract for the Dept of Transport for pollution control was a visitor to the 1996 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

January 1999

Last flight.
After 54 years in service.

3 November 1999

Photographer: Jon Wickenden
Notes: Air Atlantique Douglas C-47s G-AMYJ and G-AMPO dismantled outside the company hangars at Coventry

12 December 2001

Civil registration, G-AMYJ, cancelled.

To Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington Airport, York, York, England.
View the Location Dossier

30 April 2010

Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: At Yorkshire Air Museum

11 October 2013

Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Douglas C-47B at Yorkshire Air Museum

11 October 2013

Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Douglas C-47B at Yorkshire Air Museum - both engines finally running !!