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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
    Last Military Serial:42-68773 USAAF
    Construction Number:11700
    Last Civil Registration:HH-CNE
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3A sn 42-68773 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:De Las Americas International Airport, Andres, Santo Domingo

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-53D-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    7 May 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-68773.

    Converted to a DC-3A.

    1 August 1945

    To ABA AB Aerotransport with new c/r SE-BAS.
    Operated with markings: Storken

    30 September 1945


    Photographer: Wikipedia Public Domain / http://images.flysas.com
    Notes: View at Bromma Airport in 1945 - after it re-opened after WWII

    November 1950

    To SAS Scandinavian Airline System keeping c/r SE-BAS.
    Markings added: Sture Viking

    To Ministere Des Relations Exterieures Cooperation Et Developpement, Paris, Midi Pyrenees with new c/r F-BFGV (Dc 3a-s1c3g, 11700).
    Based at Toulouse Blagnac.

    19 February 1951

    To Air France keeping c/r F-BFGV.


    Photographer: Tony Clarke Collection

    26 September 1974

    To Hatti Air Inter with new c/r HH-CN3.

    To Haiti Air Freight with new c/r HH-CNE.

    Circa 1975


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Port-au-Prince

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at de Las Americas International Airport, Andres, Santo Domingo.
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    24 November 2022


    Photographer: Jeff Vigne

    24 November 2022


    Photographer: Jeff Vigne

    24 November 2022


    Photographer: Jeff Vigne

    28 November 2022


    Photographer: Frank Naujoks
    Notes: found her yesterday on the beach at cap cana in the dominican republic

    28 November 2022


    Photographer: Frank Naujoks
    Notes: found her yesterday on the beach at cap cana in the dominican republic

    28 November 2022


    Photographer: Frank Naujoks
    Notes: found her yesterday on the beach at cap cana in the dominican republic

    28 November 2022


    Photographer: Frank Naujoks
    Notes: found her yesterday on the beach at cap cana in the dominican republic

    28 November 2022


    Photographer: Frank Naujoks
    Notes: found her yesterday on the beach at cap cana in the dominican republic

    28 November 2022


    Photographer: Frank Naujoks
    Notes: found her yesterday on the beach at cap cana in the dominican republic
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