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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:KN582 RAF
    Construction Number:16465
    Last Civil Registration:XB-DYU
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota III sn KN582 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Dempsay Farm Airport, Rantoul, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76881.

    New construction number, 33213, assigned to the airframe.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN582 as a Dakota III.

    16 January 1950

    To Field Aircraft Services, Croydon Airport, London with new c/r G-ALXM (DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA 3, 33213).

    From 1 March 1950 to 1 July 1960

    To British European Airways Corporation keeping c/r G-ALXM.
    Markings added: William Rhodes Moorhouse

    4 July 1960

    To Martins Air Charter with new c/r PH-MAA.

    From 1 April 1963 to 6 June 1963

    Leased to Lufthansa.

    1967

    To Balair with new c/r HB-ITD.

    20 May 1974

    To Air Transport Inc, Houston, TX with new c/r N37737.

    1987

    To unknown owner with c/r XB-DYU.

    To Dempsay Farm Airport, Rantoul, KS.
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    4 September 1993


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: Need to be careful here - Many online sources say c/n was 19057

    12 November 2009

    Civil registration, N37737, cancelled.

    2010


    Photographer: David Osborn
    Notes: At Rantoul - Highland Farm, KS
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    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
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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