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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-1-DK
    Last Military Serial:FL615 RAF
    Construction Number:12026
    Last Civil Registration:ZS-DRJ
    Latest Owner or Location:Wonder Air

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-1-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92247.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FL615.

    From 1946 to 1959

    To TCA Trans-Canada Air Lines with c/r CF-TDO.

    To MAS Matane Air Services.

    From 1963 to 1997

    To Comair with c/r ZS-DRJ.

    From 1997 to 2010

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Rand Airport.

    23 September 2008


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: 2008 photo at Rand-Germiston, South Africa

    By 2010

    Restored.

    2010

    To Wonder Air.

    5 October 2013


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At Wonderboom Airport, located north of Pretoria, South Africa

    11 November 2015


    Photographer: Mike Ward
    Notes: 2015 photo at Wonderboom


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