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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:79008 SweAF
    Construction Number:33153
    Last Civil Registration:N56V {2}
    Latest Owner or Location:Nakajima N43JE Llc, Beaverton, OR

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76821.

    1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe with s/n GA+110.

    By 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe with s/n 14+06.

    June 1973


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth

    From Unknown to 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Flygvapnet with s/n 79008.

    27 June 1981


    Photographer: Bob Ward
    Notes: Seen at RAF Northolt Saturday 27 Jun 81

    24 August 1984

    To Military Aircraft Restoration Co. Anaheim CA with new c/r N5467Y.

    12 December 1996

    To Jack A. Erickson, Beaverton, OR with new c/r N56V {2}.

    Based at Tillamook Air Museum, Tillamook Airport (OTK), Tillamook, OR.
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    By October 2002


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, OR.

    24 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Tillamook Air Museum

    24 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Tillamook Air Museum

    24 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Tillamook Air Museum

    To Erickson Aircraft Collection, Madras City-County Airport, Madras, OR.
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    21 April 2016

    To Nakajima N43JE Llc, Beaverton, OR keeping c/r N56V {2}.

    28 July 2023

    To Nakajima N43JE Llc, Beaverton, OR keeping c/r N56V {2}.


    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
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    RZJets

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger

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