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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-5-DK
    Last Military Serial:KG333 RAF
    Construction Number:12332
    Last Civil Registration:N59SC
    Latest Owner or Location:Southern Flyer Inc, Carolina, PR

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-5-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92522.

    From Unknown to 5 October 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KG333.

    Circa 14 October 1946

    Certificate of airworthiness for G-AIOF (DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA 3, 12332) issued.

    From 14 October 1946 to 9 March 1948

    To Scottish Aviation, Prestwick Airport with c/r G-AIOF.

    To Olympic Airlines with c/r SX-BBB.

    To Province of Sakatchewan with c/r CF-SAW {2}.

    To Northland AL.

    To Air Gaspe.

    To Omni International Jet Trading with c/r N3339.

    To Florida Aircraft Leasing with c/r N12CA.

    From 1972 to 1974

    To Nordair with c/r CF-NAO.

    4 April 1974


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: CF-NAO at Winnipeg on 4Apr74 - Montreal based Nordair operated this DC-3 1972-74, followed by Pemair and Austin Airways, after which it was exported as N59SC in 1977

    To Pemair.

    To Austin Airways.

    21 August 1989

    To Southern Flyer Inc, Carolina, PR with c/r N59SC.

    Scrapped.
    At San Juan Airport.

    24 April 2013

    Civil registration, N59SC, cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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