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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-3TP
    Last Military Serial:43-48703 USAAF
    Construction Number:14519
    Last Civil Registration:C-GHGF
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3TP sn 43-48703 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kenn Borek Air Ltd, Calgary, AB

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47B-5-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    12 September 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48703.

    New construction number, 25964, assigned to the airframe.

    April 1971

    To Transportes Aereos Ed Don with new c/r N48284.

    May 1971

    To R. B. MacPherson Trading as Aerodix keeping c/r N48284.

    17 May 1971

    To Air Transport Inc with new c/r N13AT.

    15 June 1971

    To Mrs. R Dougherty keeping c/r N13AT.

    21 July 1971

    To Bledsoe Avn Inc, Corpus Christi, TX keeping c/r N13AT.

    From 25 August 1972 to 27 June 1975

    To Transportes Aereos El Condor with new c/r XA-COI {2}.

    28 June 1975

    To R J Swartholt, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N13AT.

    9 July 1975

    To A. McCann, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N13AT.

    10 July 1975

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9923S (DC3C, 25964) issued.

    24 May 1977

    To J K Foss, Anchorage, AK, /K Air Cargo Co keeping c/r N13AT.

    October 1978

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Boeing Field, Seattle in ex USAF colours.

    September 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Freighter N13AT at Fairbanks, Alaska in September 1979 was still wearing its former USAF VC-47D paintwork

    3 March 1980

    To P M Murphy, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N13AT.

    March 1984

    To M J Hogan, Hamilton, OH/Hogan Air keeping c/r N13AT.

    September 1984

    To Hogan Air with new c/r N99HA.

    1 November 1986

    To Hogan Air with new c/r N9923S.

    1988

    To Miami Valley Aviation keeping c/r N9923S.

    30 September 1991

    To The Eagles The Hawks Inc, Leesburg, FL keeping c/r N9923S.

    27 July 1992

    To RB McPherson.
    At USAF Museum, Wright-Patterson.

    29 May 1998

    To The Eagle (and) Hawks Inc, Leesburg, FL keeping c/r N9923S.

    1 July 1998

    To Eagles and The Hawks Inc, Middletown, OH keeping c/r N9923S.

    15 May 2003


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 2003 photo at Middletown Regional, Hook Field whilst operated by Miami Valley Aviation

    19 December 2005

    To Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N9923S.

    In the inventory of Basler Turbo Conversions, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
    View the Location Dossier

    Converted to a DC-3TP.

    Markings Applied: 99

    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9923S (DC3C, 25964) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2010

    To Eagles and The Hawks Inc, Middletown, OH keeping c/r N9923S.

    4 August 2011

    Civil registration, N9923S, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    8 August 2011

    To Kenn Borek Air Ltd, Calgary, AB with new c/r C-GHGF (DC3C, 25964).

    7 May 2020

    Civil registration, C-GHGF, cancelled.


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    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

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    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada

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    Terry Fletcher

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