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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-47B-35-DK
    Last Military Serial:KP220 RAF
    Construction Number:16688
    Last Civil Registration:G-ANAF
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47B-35-DK sn KP220 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Heritage Air Services

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a C-47B-35-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 33436, assigned to the airframe.

    8 June 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-77104.

    19 June 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KP220.

    19 June 1945

    Transferred to RAF Montreal.

    17 June 1953

    To BKS Aerocharter Ltd with new c/r G-ANAF.
    Operated with markings: Jean Batten

    4 January 1954

    To BKS Air keeping c/r G-ANAF.

    7 November 1958

    To Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd keeping c/r G-ANAF.

    9 April 1973

    To East Anglian Aviation Society, Duxford keeping c/r G-ANAF.

    4 September 1975


    Photographer: Paul Hooper
    Notes: Photographed at Duxford, UK.

    10 January 1977

    To West Country Aircraft Servicing, Exeter keeping c/r G-ANAF.

    From 21 October 1977 to 18 June 1985

    To Air Atlantique Limited keeping c/r G-ANAF.

    20 April 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Blackpool - of Air Atlantique DC-3

    From 18 June 1985 to 29 April 1987

    To Air Luton Limited keeping c/r G-ANAF.

    To Air Atlantique with new c/r N170GP (C-47, 16688).

    14 July 1988


    Photographer: Rob Hodgkins
    Notes: at Coventry

    15 July 1988

    Civil registration, N170GP, cancelled.

    From 22 July 1988 to 13 July 2007

    To RVL Aviation Ltd with new c/r G-ANAF.

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Andrew William Breeden
    Notes: Out of hangar for test flight after sprayer conversion, and before paint

    Circa September 1994


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At a British Airways family day at London Heathrow.

    Circa September 1994


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At a British Airways family day London Heathrow.

    10 June 1998


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
    Notes: 1998 photo at Coventry - This DC-3 was converted to a flying testbed by fixing a large radome under the forward fuselage.

    13 July 2007

    To Air Atlantique Ltd, Dakota House, Coventry Airport West, Baginton, Coventry keeping c/r G-ANAF.

    2 November 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Airbase Museum, Coventry Airport

    13 November 2015

    To RVL Aviation Ltd, Castle Donington, Derby keeping c/r G-ANAF.

    19 April 2019

    To Heritage Air Services keeping c/r G-ANAF.
    Based at Coventry.

    8 June 2019


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Took part in Daks-over-Normandy at Caen-Carpiquet, in RAF-invasion c/s as KP220


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 The First Seventy Years (ISBN 0-85130-332-3) by Jennifer Gradidge

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher
    Paul Hooper

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