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Constructed as a C-47A-5-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. |
24 January 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92451. |
4 February 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FZ668. |
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Ferry flight.
Ferried to England. |
March 1944 |
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Transferred to 271th Squadron. |
5 June 1944 |
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2320 hours, FZ668 took off with a Fleet of 108 RAF C-47s, heading to France with Paratroopers on board. |
6 June 1944 |
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D-Day. The target of FZ668 is the Dive River in France. The paratroopers are to destroy a bridge that leads across the river Dive. FZ668 returned safely to Blakehill Farm UK at 0310 hours. |
March 1946 |
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Transferred to 525th Squadron. |
3 September 1946 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92451. |
3 April 1947 |
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To Trans-Canada Air Lines with new c/r CF-TER. |
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Photographer: Trans-Canada Air Lines
Notes: C-FDTD in her time at Trans Canada Air Lines with registration CF-TER |
April 1947 |
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Converted to a DC-3.
Converted into a passenger DC-3 by Canadair. |
1968 |
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To Canadian Department of Transportation with new c/r C-FDTD. |
19 September 1974 |
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Photographer: eLaReF
Notes: at Ottawa Airport, Canada |
Circa 1989 |
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Withdrawn from use. |
6 July 1993 |
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To Fondation Aerovision Quebec, Saint-Hubert, QC with new c/r C-FDTD. |
6 July 1993 |
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Based at Fondation Aerovision Quebec (Quebec Air and Space Museum), Saint Hubert, Montreal, QC.
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2014 |
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Withdrawn from use.
Noted, still engineless - on the site of the Saint-Hubert airport. |
5 October 2016 |
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To unknown owner with c/r C-FDTD. |
15 April 2017 |
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To Avialogs. |
15 August 2017 |
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Civil registration, C-FDTD, cancelled. |
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Restored. |
14 December 2017 |
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Photographer: Benoit de Mulder
Notes: Restoration with Avialogs starts with the support of H-18 FBO |
2018 |
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The restoration was aborted and the plane was offered for sale on EBay. |
2018 |
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To Buffalo Airways.
Mikey McBryan (Buffalo Airways) buys the plane. He accompanies the entire restoration work with the camera and turns it into a series on Youtube called Plane Savers. |
4 January 2019 |
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Photographer: Plane Savers
Notes: C-FDTD on 4 January 2019. Mikey McBryan sees the plane he has bought online for the first time on site. At the airfield Saint-Hubert (YHU) in Montreal. |
11 April 2019 |
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Restoration started.
The first volunteers begin the restoration of the C-FDTD. |
1 May 2019 |
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To Michael McBryan, Hay River, NT with new c/r C-FDTD. |
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The restoration is carried out with the help of the EAN (Aecole nationale d aerotechnique) in Montreal. Some needed parts are contributed by Buffalo Joe from Buffalo Airways. The restoration of the C-FDTD is carried out in record time of about 60 days. She should be ready by the time the D-Day festivities started. |
6 June 2019 |
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First flight.
On First flight after restoration. Pilot in command Buffalo Joe McBryan (Buffalo Airways). |
6 June 2019 |
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23 July 2019 |
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Photographer: Oshkosh 2019 Webcam
Notes: C-FDTD at Oshkosh 2019 with Buffalo Joe and Mikey McBryan |
25 July 2019 |
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Photographer: EAA Live - Around the Grounds- DTD Tour. Oshkosh 2019
Notes: The C47 C-FDTD at EAA Oshkosh 2019. The C-FDTD is a D-Day veteran |
22 August 2019 |
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To Michael McBryan, Hay River, NT keeping c/r C-FDTD. |
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