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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:BT-67
    Last Military Serial:43-30689 USAAF
    Construction Number:13840 {1}
    Last Civil Registration:N8187E {1}
    Latest Owner or Location:Basler Turbo Conversions, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-60-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    27 September 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-30689.
    The delivery date is provided.

    3 April 1946

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC75959.

    To Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co., Detroit, MI with new c/r N75W {2}.

    1972

    To unknown owner with c/r N75WA.

    1974

    To Premiere Corporation with new c/r N3MJ.

    January 1975

    To Cryderman Air Service, Pontiac, MI keeping c/r N3MJ.

    September 1977


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: N3MJ was parked at Mojave, California in September 1977 in the high Mojave Desert. It was operated by Detoit-based Cryderman Air Service, specialising in delivery of new motor vehicle spare parts from the factories

    16 November 1977

    To Kachemak Seafoods Inc, Togiak, AK keeping c/r N3MJ.

    October 1978

    Withdrawn from use.
    Retired at Anchorage, Alaska.

    11 September 1980

    To Sea-Bear Air Transport Limited, Togiak, AK with new c/r N3MJ.

    18 September 1984

    To Hogan Air Inc keeping c/r N3MJ.

    November 1984

    To Hogan Air with new c/r N81HA {1}.

    2 January 1986


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Mc Ghee Tyson Airport (Knoxville, TN).

    February 1987

    To unknown owner with c/r N8187E {1}.

    Markings Applied: 81

    Withdrawn from use.

    15 May 2003


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 2003 photo at Hook Field, Middletown, Ohio

    To Basler Turbo Conversions, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI keeping c/r N8187E {1}.

    Converted to a BT-67 by Basler at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA.
    New construction number, 58, assigned to the airframe.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Douglas DC-3 Survivors, Volume Two by Arthur Pearcy
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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