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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:KG485 RCAF
    Construction Number:12597
    Last Civil Registration:N856KB
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota III sn KG485 RCAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-15-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    25 February 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92761.

    10 March 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n KG485 as a Dakota III.

    10 May 1946

    To Trans Canadian Air Lines with new c/r CF-TEC.


    Photographer: Ed Coates Collection
    Notes: at Edmonton

    19 March 1958

    To Canadian Department of Transportation with new c/r CF-DTB.

    9 February 1995

    To Buffalo Airways Ltd, Hay River, NT with new c/r C-FDTB.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at CFB Penhold (formerly), Red Deer, AB.
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    23 May 1996

    To Buffalo Airways Ltd, Hay River, NT keeping c/r C-FDTB.

    Withdrawn from use.

    September 2012


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Red Deer Airport, Alberta

    22 April 2016

    To Hay River Air Services Ltd, Yellowknife, NT keeping c/r C-FDTB.

    18 May 2016


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: This DC-3, which Buffalo sold to Basler for turbine conversion is being relieved of a lot of parts which will be used in the restoration of Buffalos C-47 C-FDTD which is presently sitting in St Hubert, Quebec.

    18 September 2018

    To Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI with new c/r N856KB.

    26 July 2023


    Photographer: David Rickwood
    Notes: Seen in the Basler yard, still with Transport Canada titles, during EAA 2023 at Oshkosh
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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