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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-90-DL
Last Military Serial:	T.3-33 EdA
Construction Number:	20596
Last Civil Registration:	N3753C
Latest Owner or Location:	Barksdale Global Power Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, Louisiana

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a C-47A-90-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.
Circa 1943		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-16130.
		To unknown owner with c/r N86453.
		Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n T.3-33.
1978		To unknown owner with c/r G-BGCF (DOUGLAS C47A DAKOTA, 20596).
Circa 11 April 1980		Certificate of airworthiness for N3753C (DC3, 43-16130) issued.
11 April 1980		To West Air International, Monument, CO with c/r N3753C.
5 May 1983		Civil registration, N3753C, cancelled.
		To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. View the Location Dossier
		Loaned to 2 BW/MU, Barksdale AFB, LA.
By May 1994		Placed on display with Eighth Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, LA. View the Location Dossier
		Withdrawn from use.
By 8 September 2012		Photographer: Zane Adams
		Placed on display with Barksdale Global Power Museum, Barksdale AFB (north west side), Shreveport, LA. View the Location Dossier
4 June 2019

		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.

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

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U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden

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Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
National Museum of the United States Air Force

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Mike Henniger

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