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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-117D
    Last Military Serial:39072 USN
    Construction Number:10092
    Last Civil Registration:N5597V
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Navy

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R4D-8.

    New construction number, 43382, assigned to the airframe.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 39072.

    Redesignated as C-117D.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 39072.

    Civil registration N5584R reserved but not taken up.

    6 April 1975


    Photographer: Ger Buskermolen
    Notes: Seen parked at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in april 1975 with code 3C on tail and 10 on the nose.

    5 May 1983

    To unknown owner with c/r N5597V (DC3, 43382).
    Sale reported to a new owner in Opalocka, FL.

    3 March 2004

    To unknown owner with c/r N5597V.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Opa Locka, FL.

    24 September 2012

    Civil registration, N5597V, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Opa Locka, FL.
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