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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-3A-360
    Last Military Serial:01982 USN
    Construction Number:04438
    Last Civil Registration:N220GB
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3A-360 sn 01982 USN cn 0...
    Latest Owner or Location:Onaway Aircraft Museum, Onaway, MI

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a R4D-1.

    8 June 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 01982.

    Flown in the Battle of Gaudalcanal.

    Redesignated as DC-3A-360.

    19 July 1948

    To Civil Aeronautics Administration with new c/r N815.

    To Federal Aviation Agency with new c/r NC815.

    To Federal Aviation Agency with new c/r N115.

    To Federal Aviation Administration with new c/r N20.

    To Federal Aviation Administration with new c/r N50.

    1975

    To Federal Aviation Administration with new c/r N50Q.

    20 January 1981

    To Monroe County Mosquito Control Dist, Marathon with new c/r N220GB.

    26 June 1988


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Marathon, Florida

    8 August 1991


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Scanned from my photo taken at Marathon, Florida in 1991

    26 June 1998

    To Trader John Ltd, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N220GB.

    22 May 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR220GB (DC3C 1830-94, 4438) issued.

    25 April 2008


    Photographer: Michael Jones

    9 September 2008

    To Madken Llc, Lewes, DE keeping c/r N220GB.

    Withdrawn from use.

    Based at Howe Bros, Shell Creek Airpark, Punta Gorda, FL.
    Survives here missing the rudder.
    View the Location Dossier

    31 January 2009


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Shell Creek, Florida, U.S.A.

    7 February 2013

    Civil registration, N220GB, cancelled.

    2 October 2018

    To Onaway Aircraft Museum, Onaway, MI with new c/r N220GB.

    5 February 2022

    Civil registration, N220GB, cancelled.
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    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Daniel Compton
    Terry Fletcher
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