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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-47A-20-DK
    Last Military Serial:42-92995 USAAF
    Construction Number:12857
    Last Civil Registration:N44587
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-20-DK sn 42-92995 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Desert Air Transport Inc, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    March 1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-20-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    27 March 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92995.

    24 April 1944

    Transferred to North African Wing, US Transport Command.

    20 August 1945

    Base of operations changed.
    Returned to United States.

    5 June 1946

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

    6 November 1946

    To West Coast Airlines with new c/r NC44587.
    Operated with markings: fleet #101

    17 April 1962

    To Pacific Western Airlines with new c/r CF-ONH.
    Leased from West Coast Airlines.

    6 August 1963

    To West Coast Airlines with new c/r N44587.

    2 October 1963

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44587 (DC3C, 12857) issued.

    15 March 1964

    To Pacific Western Airlines with new c/r CF-ONH.

    Circa 1966

    To Air West with new c/r N44587.

    28 January 1969

    Operated by Aerodyne Corporation, Renton, WA.

    9 April 1969

    To Aerodyne Corporation, Renton, WA keeping c/r N44587.

    May 1974

    Abandoned.
    Aerodyne Corporation went out of business and the airframe became derelict at Renton, WA airport.

    January 1988

    To Salair Inc Air Cargo, Seattle, WA with new c/r N353SA.

    24 January 1992

    To R F Aircraft Services Inc, Olympia, WA with new c/r N44587.

    8 December 1997

    To Alta Leasing Inc, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N44587.

    By 2000

    To Desert Air Transport Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N44587.

    6 December 2000


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    6 December 2000


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Cedar Rapids, IA

    10 June 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Ted Stevens Airport, Anchorage, Alaska

    16 June 2010

    To Desert Air Transport Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N44587.

    15 February 2017

    To Desert Air Transport Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N44587.

    19 February 2020

    To Desert Air Transport Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N44587.

    5 November 2022


    Photographer: JoeJoe Prince
    Notes: Desert Air DC-3 this afternoon departing for Hooper Bay.
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