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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-47B-15-DK
    Last Military Serial:XE280 RAF
    Construction Number:15290
    Last Civil Registration:G-AMRA
    Latest Owner or Location:Forderverein Rosinenbomber E. V., Schonefeld, Berlin, Germany

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-15-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49474.

    New construction number, 26735, assigned to the airframe.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KK151.

    6 April 1945

    Transferred to 243 SQDN (RAF), Camden, Australia.

    23 March 1946

    Ferry flight.
    Flow to Saint Mawgan.

    Transferred to RAF Station, Saint Mawgan.

    From 8 March 1952 to 5 March 1953

    To Jerome Anthony Wilson, Liverpool, Lancashire with new c/r G-AMRA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XE280.

    From 11 April 1953 to 26 May 1970

    To British United Airways Ltd, London SW. 1 with new c/r G-AMRA.

    From 3 June 1970 to 1 March 1973

    To British and Commonwealth Shipping Company (Aviation) Ltd, London EC. 3 keeping c/r G-AMRA.

    30 May 1972


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-47B G-AMRA of British Island Airways seen at London Gatwick in May 1972.

    From 16 April 1973 to 12 March 1974

    To To British Island Airways Ltd, Redhill, Surrey keeping c/r G-AMRA.


    Photographer: Alex Waning APVW aviation DVDs
    Notes: London Gatwick 70s

    From 15 March 1974 to 30 December 1974

    To MacEdonian Aviation Ltd, Southend-On-Sea, Essex keeping c/r G-AMRA.

    From 30 December 1974 to 8 July 1975

    To Humber Airways Ltd, Hull, Yorkshire keeping c/r G-AMRA.

    From 25 August 1976 to 7 July 1978

    To Intra Airways Ltd, Saint. Peter, Guernsey, Channel Islands keeping c/r G-AMRA.

    From 18 July 1978 to 21 October 1981

    To Lease Air Ltd, Humberside keeping c/r G-AMRA.

    21 October 1981

    To Air Atlantique Ltd, States Airport, Jersey, Channel Islands keeping c/r G-AMRA.

    From 21 October 1981 to 15 March 2000

    To Dak Holdings Ltd, Bagington, Coventry keeping c/r G-AMRA.

    1983


    Photographer: Andy Chetwyn
    Notes: Air Atlantiques 1943 Douglas C-47A G-AMRA at Exeter Airport in 1983. She was still wearing the basic colour scheme of previous operator Eastern Airways at this point.

    20 July 1991


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Dakota 6 of Air Atlantique visiting the 1991 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    8 May 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Duxford Airshow

    From 15 March 2000 to 17 July 2007

    To Aviation Ltd, Bagington, Coventry keeping c/r G-AMRA.

    From 17 July 2007 to 23 October 2015

    To Air Atlantique Ltd, Bagington, Coventry keeping c/r G-AMRA.

    To Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
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    22 August 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Air Display at 2010 Sywell Air Show in the UK

    22 August 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2010 Sywell Air Show in the UK

    To Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England.
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    From 23 October 2015 to 29 October 2019

    To Forderverein Rosinenbomber E. V., Schonefeld, Berlin, Germany keeping c/r G-AMRA.

    29 October 2019

    Civil registration, G-AMRA, cancelled.


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