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Constructed as a C-47B-30-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. |
16 March 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76540. |
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New construction number, 32872, assigned to the airframe. |
March 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN442 as a Dakota IV. |
From Circa 24 June 1948 to Circa 12 May 1949 |
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Participated in the Berlin Airlift. |
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To unknown owner with c/r G-AMPZ. |
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To unknown owner with c/r OD-AEQ. |
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To unknown owner with c/r G-AMPZ. |
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To unknown owner with c/r G-41-3-66. |
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Civil registration PH-RIC reserved but not taken up. |
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To unknown owner with c/r TF-AIV. |
From 27 April 1973 to 15 September 1978 |
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To Intra Airways Limited with new c/r G-AMPZ. |
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To unknown owner with c/r EI-BDT {1}. |
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To unknown owner with c/r G-AMPZ. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN442. |
From 4 May 1982 to 30 June 1988 |
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To Harvest Air Limited with new c/r G-AMPZ. |
From 30 June 1988 to 7 September 1990 |
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To Janes Aviation Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPZ. |
From 7 September 1990 to 1 October 2001 |
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To Atlantic Air Transport Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPZ. |
Circa 1991 |
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Photographer: Andrew Breeden
Notes: On maintenance Coventry |
19 September 1992 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: Air Atlantique operated a charter flight with this DC-3C to the 1992 RAF Leuchars Airshow. |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Air Atlantique Dakota |
20 July 1996 |
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Photographer: Peter Nicholson
Notes: This DC-3C of Air Atlantique operated a charter flight to the 1996 Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire. |
Circa 1999 |
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Photographer: George Pennick |
2000 |
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To Air Service Berlin with new c/r D-CXXX.
Because the airframe had participated in the Berlin Airlift the city of Berlin acquired it for sightseeing flights. |
26 September 2001 |
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Photographer: Richard Hopkins
Notes: Photographed at Coventry. |
1 October 2001 |
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To Air Service Berlin CFH GMBH, Flughafen Berlin, Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany with new c/r G-AMPZ (DOUGLAS DC-3C-R-1830-90C, 16124/32872). |
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To Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Berlin.
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8 May 2003 |
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Civil registration, G-AMPZ, cancelled. |
31 May 2008 |
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Photographer: Michael F. Mehnert
Notes: Photo at ILA Berlin 2008 |
30 October 2008 |
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The aircraft was one of the last two to take off from Berlin Tempelhof Airport (one of the Airlift airports) when it was closed on 30 October 2008. |
19 June 2010 |
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Crashed.
Summary: The airframe was written off. It was a local domestic non scheduled passenger flight from Berlin-Schonefeld Airport (SXF/EDDB), Germany. The accident occurred at Berlin-Schonefeld Airport (SXF) (Germany) while in the initial climb. Narrative: A Douglas DC-3C airplane, registered D-CXXX, sustained substantial damage in a forced landing near Berlin-Schonefeld Airport (SXF), Germany. The airplane, operated by Air Service Berlin had just departed on a 35-minute sightseeing flight over Berlin when the left hand engine lost power...
For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report. |
2020 |
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Placed on display with Jagdschloss Herdringen, Herdringen, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Fuselage only.
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