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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3-362
    Construction Number:03294
    Last Civil Registration:N1945 {2}
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3-362 cn 03294 cr N1945
    Latest Owner or Location:Save A Connie Inc, Kansas City, MO

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-3-362.

    4 March 1941

    To Transcontinental and Western Airlines (TWA), Kansas City, MO with new c/r NC1945 {2}.

    From December 1952 to 1968

    To North Central Airlines keeping c/r NC1945 {2}.

    By 1971

    To Century Aviation, Saint. Petersburg, FL keeping c/r NC1945 {2}.

    17 October 1973

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1945 {2} (DC3-G202A, 3294) issued.

    By 1977

    To Coronado Flyers with new c/r N1945 {2}.

    January 1978

    To Douglas DC-3 N1945 Incorporated, Torrance, CA keeping c/r N1945 {2}.

    5 October 1978


    Photographer: Kerry Taylor
    Notes: 1941 Douglas DC-3-362 N1945 c/n 3294 Coronado Flyers - Torrance Zamperini Field.

    9 October 1991

    To Denver Aerospace Science Museum Aurora CO keeping c/r N1945 {2}.

    30 September 1995

    To Save A Connie Inc, Kansas City, MO keeping c/r N1945 {2}.

    To The National Airline History Museum, Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport (MKC), Kansas City, MO.
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    2013

    Restoration started.

    3 June 2023

    To Save A Connie Inc, Kansas City, MO keeping c/r N1945 {2}.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
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