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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-47H
    Last Military Serial:17167 USN
    Construction Number:12524
    Last Civil Registration:N837M
    Latest Owner or Location:Wings of Dreams Inc, Starke, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-10-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92695.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 17167 as a R4D-5.

    Redesignated as C-47H.

    Circa 18 June 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N74611 (DC3C-S1C3G, 17168) issued.

    18 June 1956

    To Department of The Navy, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N74611.

    19 February 1959

    Civil registration, N74611, cancelled.

    28 July 1975

    To Lee County Mosquito Control District, Fort Myers, FL with new c/r N837M (C-47, 43-17168).

    Based at Lee County Mosquito Control District, Buckingham Field, Cape Coral, FL.
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    To Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, FL.
    Survives here missing the engines and fin.
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    29 September 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo taken at Lehigh Acres, Buckingham Fields, Florida

    19 October 1999

    To Lee County Mosquito Control District, Fort Myers, FL keeping c/r N837M.

    Withdrawn from use.

    11 February 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2008 Photo at Buckingham Field, Florida whilst with Lee County Mosquito Control Unit

    31 January 2009


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at LeHigh Acres, Florida, U.S.A.

    27 December 2010

    To Dodson International Parts Inc, Rantoul, KS with new c/r N837M.

    30 January 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N837M.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Gainesville, FL.

    20 February 2013

    Civil registration, N837M, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Gainesville, FL.

    2 June 2015

    To Wings of Dreams Inc, Starke, FL with new c/r N837M.

    2 July 2018

    Civil registration, N837M, cancelled.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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