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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-48B
    Last Military Serial:42-56629 USAAF
    Construction Number:02185
    Last Civil Registration:B-313
    Latest Owner or Location:Winner Airways, Taiwan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-3A-269B.
    Douglas DC-3A-269B 2185

    January 1940

    To Northwest Airlines with new c/r NC25610.

    Converted to a C-48B.

    8 June 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-56629.

    July 1944

    To Northwest Airlines with new c/r NC25610.

    December 1949

    To China Air Transport with new c/r N8341C.

    To China Air Transport with new c/r N1790B.

    May 1955

    To Bonanza Airlines with new c/r N491.

    15 May 1958


    Photographer: Jon Proctor
    Notes: At San Diego International Airport-Lindbergh Field - KSAN, USA - California.Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

    15 March 1961

    To Air Ferry International, Pacific Palisades, CA keeping c/r N491.

    29 March 1961

    Civil registration, N491, cancelled.
    Exported to Japan.

    13 May 1961

    To All Nippon Airways with new c/r JA5077.

    From October 1962 to September 1963

    To Korean Air with new c/r HL4005.

    From September 1963 to 3 September 1966

    To All Nippon Airways with new c/r JA5077.

    26 January 1970

    To Winner Airways, Taiwan with new c/r B-313.

    Withdrawn from use.
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