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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-40-DK
    Last Military Serial:T.3-40 EdA
    Construction Number:16856
    Last Civil Registration:N3753N
    Latest Owner or Location:D and D Aero Inc, Rantoul, KS

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    Event

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

    New construction number, 33604, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-77272.

    To unknown owner with c/r N73855.

    24 June 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Ex Spanish Air Force C-47B T.3-40 as seen at Blackbushe in the Summer of 1979.

    3 September 1980

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3753N (DC3, 44-77272) issued.

    23 July 1982

    Spotted at South Caicos British Caribbean. Left engine had been feathered. Rumours of emergency landing.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n T.3-40.

    Markings Applied: 792-2

    To unknown owner with c/r G-BFPW (DOUGLAS C47B, 33604).

    23 July 1982


    Photographer: BARRY LLOYD
    Notes: The aircraft was rumoured to have made an emergency landing in South Caicos, following the failure of the port engine. Local rumour suggested that it had been smuggling drugs.

    17 December 1997

    To Central Air Service, Rantoul, KS with new c/r N3753N.

    1 August 2000

    To D and D Aero Inc, Rantoul, KS keeping c/r N3753N.

    1 January 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3753N (DC3, 44-77272) issued.

    Scrapped.

    11 June 2015

    To D and D Aero Inc, Rantoul, KS keeping c/r N3753N.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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     Barry Lloyd
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