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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:C-47B-30-DK
    Last Military Serial:034 IDF
    Construction Number:16375
    Last Civil Registration:N791HH
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47B-30-DK sn 034 IDF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lyon Air Museum, John Wayne International Airport (Orange County Airport), Santa Ana, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a C-47B-30-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 33123, assigned to the airframe.

    26 April 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76791.

    21 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de l Air with s/n 476791.

    1954

    Used callsign F-RAMO.

    By 1956

    Used callsign F-RASK.

    By October 1958

    Used callsign F-UIHD.

    By October 1965

    Used callsign F-RAJB.

    February 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force with s/n 034.
    Also wore dual registration 4X-FND.

    25 October 2000

    To Comanche Air Inc, Winthrop, WA with new c/r N791HH.

    May 2001

    Noted still in storage at Lod Ben Gurion (Israel).

    28 August 2006

    To Martin Aviation Inc, Santa Ana, CA keeping c/r N791HH.

    Based at Lyon Air Museum, John Wayne International Airport (Orange County Airport), Santa Ana, CA.
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    1 October 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for N791HH (DC3C-R-1830-90C, 33123) issued.

    2 November 2008


    Photographer: Krister Karlsmoen
    Notes: N791HH Douglas DC-3C, Chino KCNO, California

    By 5 June 2013

    Markings Applied: Willa Dean, W6, L, 476791

    5 June 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At the Lyon Air Museum, John Wayne International Airport (Orange County Airport), Santa Ana, California, United States

    30 May 2014


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Lyons Air Museum, John Wayne Airport, Orange County, CA.

    2 May 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show at Chino, California.

    2 May 2015

    30 April 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Airshow in Chino, California.

    Circa 3 May 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, California.

    Circa 3 May 2018


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame Air Show in Chino, California.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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