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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-25-DK
    Last Military Serial:6W-SAE {1} AdlAS
    Construction Number:13430
    Last Civil Registration:OK-WAR
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-25-DK sn 6W-SAE AdlAS...
    Latest Owner or Location:Boscombe Down Museum, Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-25-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    27 May 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-93510.

    1946

    To CSA with new c/r OK-WAR.

    May 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de l Air with s/n 93510.

    16 March 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de l Air Senegalaise with s/n 6W-SAE {1}.

    Scrapped.
    Forward fuselage retained and restored.

    To Ridgeway Military and Aviation Research Group.
    Markings added: CM

    2022

    Placed on display with Boscombe Down Museum, Old Sarum Airfield, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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    4 March 2023


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