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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-80-DL
Last Military Serial:	71248 YAF
Construction Number:	19539
Last Civil Registration:	F-BTDF {2}
Latest Owner or Location:	La Batterie de Merville, Merville, Basse-Normandie

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a C-47A-80-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.
29 January 1944		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-15073.
15 February 1948		To CSA Czechoslovak State Airlines with c/r OK-XDM.
1 March 1960		Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armee de l Air with s/n 15073.
		To unknown owner with c/r F-TEBE.
		To unknown owner with c/r F-RAUK.
1972		To Sasmat with c/r F-BTDF {2}.
21 November 1972		Taken on Strength/Charge with the Yugoslav Air Force with s/n 71248.
		To Stup, Sarajevo, Federacija Bosna I Hercegovina. View the Location Dossier
Circa 1994		Damaged. Damaged by gunfire and grounded. Remained at Sarajevo for 13 years.
November 2007		Placed on display with La Batterie de Merville, Merville, Basse-Normandie. View the Location Dossier
12 June 2017		Photographer: John Bennett Notes: Taken at Merville Franceville, Calvados, France

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

Credits
Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

Print Sources
DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 The First Seventy Years (ISBN 0-85130-332-3) by Jennifer Gradidge
European Military Out of Service 2014 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden

Internet Sources
Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier

Individual Contributors
John Bennett
Terry Fletcher

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