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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-85-DL
    Last Military Serial:43-15468 USAAF
    Construction Number:19934
    Last Civil Registration:9N-AAY
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Nepal Airways

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-85-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    28 March 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-15468.

    28 February 1947

    To The Zinc Corp Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria with c/r VH-BHE.

    27 December 1950

    To Bureau of Mineral Resources, Ministry of National Development, Melbourne, Victoria.

    25 January 1951

    To Bureau of Mineral Resources, Ministry of National Development, Melbourne, Victoria with c/r VH-BUR.

    3 June 1960

    To Airlines of New South Wales, Sydney.

    July 1965


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: c/n 19934. Heres the Bureau of Mineral Resources DC-3 VH-BUR after it was handed over to the NSW Department of LandsAerial Survey Unit and operated for them on contract by Airlines of NSW. The Navigators position behind the cockpit had an extra window and astrodome on the roof. Photographed at Milldura Vic in July 1965.

    15 January 1966

    Withdrawn from use.

    4 November 1969

    To Jetair Australia, Sydney, NSW.

    12 March 1971

    To Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra, ACT.

    30 August 1971

    Civil registration, VH-BUR, cancelled.
    Exported as Gift Aid to Nepal.

    31 August 1971

    To Royal Nepal Airways with c/r 9N-AAY.

    Withdrawn from use.
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