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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:Dakota III
    Last Military Serial:6802 SAAF
    Construction Number:09628
    Last Civil Registration:ET-AIA
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota III sn 6802 SAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a C-47A-30-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    1 June 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-23766.

    18 June 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FD906 as a Dakota III.

    17 February 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 6802.

    28 April 1950

    To Crusader Airways with new c/r ZS-DDV.

    To Africair keeping c/r ZS-DDV.

    19 October 1950

    To British European Airways with new c/r G-AJXL.

    16 November 1950

    To British European Airways with new c/r G-AMGD.
    Operated with markings: George Brackley

    13 April 1960

    To Autair Ltd keeping c/r G-AMGD.

    30 November 1961

    To Autair (Rhodesia) Ltd with new c/r VP-YTT.

    To Rhodesian Air Services keeping c/r VP-YTT.

    8 December 1965

    To National Airways Corporation with new c/r ZS-EKK.

    December 1971

    To Swazi Air with new c/r 3D-AAV.

    June 1974

    To Comair with new c/r ZS-IWL.

    1983

    To Ethiopian Airlines with new c/r ET-AIA.

    Placed on display.

    Based at Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
    Operated with markings: ET-T-1
    At Ethiopian Airlines HQ - wearing false marks.
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    22 September 2014


    Photographer: John Yates
    Notes: Outside Ethiopian Airlines HQ Building at Addis Ababa Airport
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Terry Fletcher
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