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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:BT-67
    Last Military Serial:TZ-389 {2} FARM
    Construction Number:15299
    Last Civil Registration:N300BF
    Latest Owner or Location:Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47B-15-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    28 November 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49483.

    New construction number, 26744, assigned to the airframe.

    From 14 December 1944 to 7 August 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n KK160.

    8 August 1968

    To Priority Air Transport System with new c/r N502PA.

    18 July 1969

    To J. G. Riviera, N. Brighton, NM keeping c/r N502PA.

    8 April 1974

    To Hill Aircraft Leasing Corp keeping c/r N502PA.

    22 July 1974

    To Mariner Enterprises Inc, Newark, NJ keeping c/r N502PA.

    7 October 1976

    To Summit Airlines Inc keeping c/r N502PA.

    13 January 1979

    To Air Indiana keeping c/r N502PA.

    July 1979


    Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
    Notes: Chicago Midway Airport - Air Indiana (N502PA)(1979) Sitting in front of the old TWA hangars.

    8 August 1981

    To United States Aircraft Corp, Van Nuys, CA with new c/r N300TX.

    Converted to a DC-3TP.
    Prototype for the conversion BT-67 (DC-3TP).

    To Harolds Air keeping c/r N300TX.


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Force Aerienne de la Republique du Mali with s/n TZ-389 {2}.

    7 December 1983

    Certificate of airworthiness for N300BF (DC3C-R-1830-90C, 26744) issued.

    29 October 1987

    To Basler Flight Service Inc, Oshkosh, WI with new c/r N300BF.

    10 August 1994


    Photographer: Ken Videan

    20 February 1998

    To Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N300BF.

    In the inventory of Basler Turbo Conversions, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
    View the Location Dossier

    Converted to a BT-67 by Basler at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.

    27 July 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: In Basler yard at Oshkosh

    20 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Still at Baslers yard in Oshkosh

    24 July 2023


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: Basler Factory Tour, Oshkosh, WI on July 24, 2023

    30 September 2023

    To Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N300BF.
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    Credits
     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
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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