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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-S1C3G
    Last Military Serial:44-77281 USAAF
    Construction Number:16865
    Last Civil Registration:N97H
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3C-S1C3G sn 44-77281 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cas Ltd, Swanton, VT

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    Dates

    Event

    7 July 1945

    Constructed as a C-47B-40-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 33613, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-77281.

    Converted to a DC-3C-S1C3G.

    1953

    To Humble Oil and Refining Company with new c/r NC63288.

    10 December 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N97H (DC3C-S1C3G, 33613) issued.

    From 1967 to April 1979

    To W. H. Wheeler, Tyler, TX with new c/r N97H.

    May 1990


    Photographer: Dick Hopkins
    Notes: Photographed at Watsonville, CA.

    1 July 1990


    Photographer: Peter B Lewis

    4 October 1999

    To Arthur J Gallagher and Co, Itasca, IL keeping c/r N97H.

    17 May 2005

    To Hiller Stephen, Hayward, CA keeping c/r N97H.

    Based at Vintage Air Museum, Hayward, San Francisco, CA.
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    1 January 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N97H (DC3C-S1C3G, 33613) issued.

    July 2010


    Photographer: Hugh Dodson
    Notes: At Oshkosh in 2010

    26 July 2010


    Photographer: Todd Royer

    11 October 2012

    To Cas Ltd, Swanton, VT keeping c/r N97H.

    14 June 2013

    Civil registration, N97H, cancelled.
    Exported to Russian Federati.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Peter Nicholson
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