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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-117D
    Last Military Serial:17216 USN
    Construction Number:13226
    Last Civil Registration:N102BF
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-117D sn 17216 USN cn 1322...
    Latest Owner or Location:Basler Turbo Conversions, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R4D-8.

    New construction number, 43334, assigned to the airframe.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 17216 as a C-117D.

    October 1984


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
    Notes: US Marines C-117D 17216, Bobs Airpark, Tucson, AZ,

    16 April 1997

    To Basler Turbo Conversions Inc Oshkosh, W I with new c/r N102BF (DC3, 17216).

    12 June 2000

    To unknown owner with c/r N102BF.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oshkosh, WI.

    In the inventory of Basler Turbo Conversions, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
    Only the fuselage survives here.
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    Markings Applied: 05 AO

    Withdrawn from use.

    27 July 2012


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2012 photo during tour of Baslers factory / yard at Oshkosh, WI.

    30 July 2013

    Civil registration, N102BF, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oshkosh, WI.

    27 July 2022


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: In the Basler storage yard. Said to have been removed later in 2022
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