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Constructed as a C-47B-20-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

New construction number, 27127, assigned to the airframe.

12 January 1945

Assigned s/n 43-49866 with the United States Army Air Force for administrative purposes. It did not serve with this service.

19 February 1945

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A65-69.

19 February 1945

Transferred to No. 3 Aircraft Depot, RAAF Station Amberley, QLD, Australia.
Radio callsign VHCUZ assigned.

23 February 1945

Transferred to No. 37 Squadron, RAAF Station Laverton, VIC, Australia.
Operated with markings: OM-Z

18 June 1980

Assigned s/n ZD215 with the Royal Air Force for administrative purposes. It did not serve with this service.

18 June 1980

It was placed on RAF registry as ZD215 for delivery flight to RAF Station Gatow. Up to 1989 only aircraft of the four occupying powers: USA, UK, France and USSR were allowed to fly into West Berlin.

Placed on display with RAF Station Gatow, West Berlin.
Upon arrival original RAAF colours and markings were restored and the aircraft was placed as a memorial of Australian contribution to the Berlin Airlift.

Photographer: Wernher Krutein

1997

Placed on display with General Steinhoff Kaserne (General Steinhoff Barracks), RAF Gatow, Berlin, Berlin.
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8 May 2002

Photographer: John Bennett

January 2012

Placed on display with Luftwaffen Museum, ex RAF Gatow, Berlin, Berlin.
A65-69
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25 May 2012

Photographer: Arjun Sarup
Notes: On display at the Luftwaffenmuseum. Delivered to the RAAF in Feb. 1945. Served at RAAF Station Butterworth from 1964 to 1980. Flown to Berlin-Gatow in 1980 for preservation.

16 September 2012

Photographer: John Tomlinson
Notes: 2012 photo at Berlin-Gatow-Luftwaffenmuseum

11 September 2018

Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
Notes: Military History Museum at the Berlin-Gatow airfield in Germany.