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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-47A-15-DK
    Last Military Serial:42-92838 USAAF
    Construction Number:12683
    Last Civil Registration:N65162
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-15-DK sn 42-92838 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Joe B. Barnes Regional Park, Midwest City, Oklahoma

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1944

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

    5 March 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92838.

    18 April 1944

    Transferred to U. S. 8th Air Force, Europe.

    20 April 1944

    Transferred to U. S. 9th Air Force.
    Possibly transferred in preparation for D-Day.

    6 June 1944

    Participated in the D-Day invasion, dropping members of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division.

    From December 1944 to January 1945

    Participated in the Battle of the Bulge.

    17 August 1945

    Returned to USA.

    31 October 1945

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corp.

    From November 1945 to June 1977

    To Kerr McGee Oil Industry Inc with new c/r NC65162.

    5 July 1950

    Certificate of airworthiness for N65162 issued.

    5 July 1950

    To Kerr McGee Corp, Okc, OK with new c/r N65162.

    Withdrawn from use.

    1977

    To Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, OK.
    Displayed on stilts at the fairgrounds.
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    21 July 1977

    Civil registration, N65162, cancelled.

    August 2006

    To Metro Tech Aviation Campus, Will Rogers Airport, Oklahoma City, OK.
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    Markings Applied: U7 T 892953

    4 April 2009


    Photographer: Andy Bennett

    5 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    2010


    Photographer: David Osborn
    Notes: At Oklahoma City Will Rogers Airport

    12 July 2015


    Photographer: Tom Tessier

    3 December 2017

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Joe B. Barnes Regional Park, Midwest City, OK.
    With the aid of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol the components of the airframe were moved to the park.
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    Restored.

    9 November 2018

    A dedication ceremony was held for the newly restored plane.

    4 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Midwest City, OK, USA
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Douglas DC-3 Survivors, Volume Two by Arthur Pearcy
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    The Oklahoman
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Winters
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