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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:K-683 RDAF
    Construction Number:19677
    Last Civil Registration:N1944A
    Latest Owner or Location:Fantasy of Flight / Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-80-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    19 February 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-15211.
    Based in Germany.

    29 June 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Norweigian Air Force with s/n 315211.

    28 June 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Danish Air Force with s/n K-683.

    30 July 1982


    Photographer: Niels Helmo-Larsen
    Notes: C-47 K-683 last flight (4-ship formation) in Royal Danish Air Force

    20 October 1982

    To Valiant Air Command, Cape Canaveral, FL with c/r N3239W.

    29 May 1986

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL1944A (DC3C-S1C3G, 19677) issued.

    Circa February 1988


    Photographer: Mark12
    Notes: Photo taken at Titusville, Florida in February 1988

    November 1988

    To Doan Helicopter Inc.

    11 June 1990

    To Seahorse Aviation Inc, Rye, NE.
    Operated by by Wings Ventures in USAF colours.

    April 1992

    To Seahorse Aviation Inc, Rye, NE with c/r N1944A.

    23 April 1997

    To Wings Venture Ltd, Greenwich, CT.

    1999

    Ferry flight.
    Ferried to UK and stored at Booker.

    Markings Applied: 315211

    14 July 2007


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At RIAT Fairford.

    9 May 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2010 Kemble Great Vintage Weekend

    21 July 2011

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.

    In the inventory of Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
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    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Matt Maranto


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    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    Terry Fletcher

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