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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 IV
    Last Military Serial:ETM-6053 FAMe
    Construction Number:16598
    Last Civil Registration:N6CA
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota IV sn ETM-6053 FAMe...
    Latest Owner or Location:FA Mexicana

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

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

    May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-77014.

    New construction number, 33346, assigned to the airframe.

    May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN652 as a Dakota IV.
    At RAF Montreal.

    29 January 1953

    To Eagle Aviation with new c/r G-AMYB (DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA 4, 16598).

    April 1956

    To BEA-British European Aviation keeping c/r G-AMYB.

    November 1956

    To Aden Airways keeping c/r G-AMYB.

    February 1957

    To Sudan Airways with new c/r SN-AAK.

    By May 1957

    To Sudan Airways with new c/r ST-AAK.

    Civil registration G-AZDF reserved but not taken up.

    From 3 August 1971 to 4 January 1973

    To Field Aircraft Services Ltd with new c/r G-AMYB.

    Civil registration 5N-AJE reserved but not taken up.
    For Nigerian Trade Ways.- stored at East Midlands Airport.

    2 April 1973


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: DC-3 N6CA intended for Nigerian Trade Wings, (but not taken up ) at East Midlands 2nd April 1973

    29 May 1974

    To Baron Aviation Services with new c/r N6CA.

    23 April 1981

    Certificate of airworthiness for N6CA (C-47B, 16598) issued.

    May 1982

    To W W White, Nashua NH keeping c/r N6CA.

    3 July 1984

    To Rhonda L. Lindberg, McAllen, TX keeping c/r N6CA.

    1985

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the FA Mexicana with s/n ETM-6053.

    1993

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Engineless in these markings in February 1993 in Mexico City.

    26 April 2013

    Civil registration, N6CA, cancelled.
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Terry Fletcher
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