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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-47B-5-DK
    Last Military Serial:1708 IDF
    Construction Number:14609
    Last Civil Registration:N269LM
    Latest Owner or Location:Global Aircraft Inc, Phoenix, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-5-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    20 September 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48793.

    New construction number, 26054, assigned to the airframe.

    15 February 1946

    To Swissair with new c/r HB-IRD.

    24 April 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force with s/n 4X-FAH.

    27 April 1950

    To Elsham Ltd with new c/r 4X-ACW.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force with s/n 1708.
    Wears dual military / civil markings.

    1950

    Transferred to 120SQ.

    1955

    To Arkia with new c/r 4X-ACW.

    9 September 1999

    To Global Aircraft Industries of Arizona L, Phoenix, AZ with new c/r N269LM.

    Circa 25 June 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N269LM (C-47, 43-48793) issued.

    25 June 2003

    To Global Aircraft Inc, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N269LM.

    21 June 2007


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: Ex-Israeli Air Force, these three sat at Villeneuve for many years. They are all gone now. The middle one N269LM was parted out but the others were more fortunate and still survive.

    18 November 2008

    Civil registration, N269LM, cancelled.

    18 November 2008

    Scrapped.
    Aircraft scrapped at Villeneuve AP, Edmonton, Alberta.


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    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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