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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-3C
    Last Military Serial:NZ3544 RNZAF
    Construction Number:16567
    Last Civil Registration:5W-FAH
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3C sn NZ3544 RNZAF cn 16...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT 2), Sir Keith Park Memorial Airfield, Auckland, Auckland, North Island

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    Dates

    Event

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

    New construction number, 33315, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76983.

    14 June 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ3544.

    14 April 1952

    Crashed.
    Crashed at Wigram - after engine failure on takeoff resulted in aircraft overshooting runway on subsequent crash landing.

    17 July 1952

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal New Zealand Air Force.

    10 May 1956

    To National Airways Corporation with new c/r ZK-BQK.
    Rebuilt using parts from other aircraft.

    15 October 1957

    Converted to a DC-3C.
    At Christchurch, NZ.

    6 December 1969

    To Polynesian Airlines with new c/r 5W-FAH.

    12 October 1970

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    23 July 1973

    To Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT 2), Sir Keith Park Memorial Airfield, Auckland, Auckland, North Island.
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    1986


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1986 photo - outside at MOTAT, Auckland, New Zealand

    5 October 2010


    Photographer: Phillip Capper
    Notes: 2010 photo taken at Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT 2), Sir Keith Park Memorial Airfield, Auckland, North Island, Auckland

    14 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland, NZ
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    Australian Defense Force Serials
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     Terry Fletcher
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