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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-47-DL
    Last Military Serial:41-18471 USAAF
    Construction Number:04563
    Last Civil Registration:C-FIAE
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47-DL sn 41-18471 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Reynolds Museum, Wetaskiwin, Alberta

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a C-47-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    August 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-18471.

    October 1946

    To unknown owner with c/r NC50474.

    To Communicaciones Aereas Vera Cruz with new c/r XA-GEQ.

    To Aerovias Latinas Americanas keeping c/r XA-GEQ.

    To L H. Cameron, North Hollywood, CA with new c/r N4887V.

    8 March 1955

    Civil registration, N4887V, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    22 August 1955

    To Shell Aviation Ltd with new c/r CF-IAE.

    27 September 1963

    To Shell Canada Ltd keeping c/r CF-IAE.

    20 June 1969

    To Department of Lands and Forests.

    20 June 1969

    To Province of Alberta, Edmonton, AB with new c/r C-FIAE.

    Circa 1975

    Operated by the Province of Alberta (based, Edmonton).

    20 November 1990

    Civil registration, C-FIAE, cancelled.

    20 November 1990

    To Province of Alberta, Edmonton, AB with new c/r C-FIAE.

    Based at Reynolds Alberta Museum, Wetaskiwin, AB.
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    14 September 2012


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta in Canada

    To Reynolds Museum, Wetaskiwin, AB.
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    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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