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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3-G202A
    Last Military Serial:42-47381 USAAF
    Construction Number:07323
    Last Civil Registration:N331P
    Latest Owner or Location:Purdue Aeronautics Corp,

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-53-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.
    Douglas C-53-DO 7323

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-47381.

    Converted to a DC-3-G202A.

    To Eastern Airlines with c/r NC45331.

    To Purdue Aeronautics Corp, with c/r N331P.
    Used by Purdue University - a subsidiary supporting aviation education.

    Withdrawn from use.

    23 June 1970


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1970 photo at Winnipeg - This Douglas DC-3 flew with Eastern Airlines after WW-II and was last heard of in the Virgin Islands during the 1980s. Note the unusual JATO bottle installation under the fuselage

    13 September 1980


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1980 photo at San Juan Int. Puerto Rico - of a Douglas DC-3-G202A of the Aero Virgin Islands
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