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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:CC-129 Dakota
    Last Military Serial:12921 RCAF
    Construction Number:16107
    Last Civil Registration:N116SA
    Latest Owner or Location:Southern Arkansas University Tech, Camden, AR

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    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-25-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    17 March 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76523.

    New construction number, 32855, assigned to the airframe.

    19 March 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN427.

    By 25 March 1945

    Ferry flight.
    Arrived in United Kingdon via Montreal.

    After 16 September 1945


    Photographer: Stanley Devon (Flight Lieutenant), Imperial War Museum
    Notes: Douglas Dakota Mark IV, KN427 AY, of No. 437 Squadron RCAF, leads a formation of Dakotas over Copenhagen, bringing a SHAEF Mission to Denmark.

    After 16 September 1945


    Photographer: RCAF, Canadian Aviation Preservation Association, Harold A. Skaarup
    Notes: Douglas CC-129 Dakota, RCAF (Serial No. KN427), coded AP-R.

    16 September 1945

    Transferred to 436 Squadron, RAF.

    17 March 1946

    Transferred to 435 Squadron, RAF.

    8 April 1946

    Ferry flight.
    To Canada.

    20 July 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n KN427.

    April 1949

    Transferred to 413 Squadron, RCAF.

    June 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 12921 as a CC-129.

    7 June 1972

    To Bradley Air Services with new c/r CF-TVL.

    October 1982

    To Bradley Air Services with new c/r C-FTVL.

    August 1985


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: 1985 photo whilst operated by Bradley Air Services

    12 May 1993

    To Jat Aviation Inc, Fort Wayne, IN with new c/r N116SA.

    13 May 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for N116SA (DC3C, 32855) issued.

    July 1996


    Photographer: BMcD
    Notes: At Baltimore/Washington International

    2 August 2006

    To Partyka Robert, Little Rock, AR keeping c/r N116SA.

    To Texarkana Municipal Airport (TXK), Texarkana, AR.
    View the Location Dossier

    By January 2008

    To North Little Rock Municipal Airport, Little Rock, AR.
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    18 August 2009

    To Partyka Robert, Little Rock, AR keeping c/r N116SA.

    25 April 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at North Little Rock, AR, USA

    1 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for N116SA (DC3C, 32855) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2013

    To Southern Arkansas University Tech, Camden, AR keeping c/r N116SA.

    Withdrawn from use.

    29 October 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N116SA.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Xingxian.

    2 December 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N116SA.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Lvliang.

    30 May 2018

    To unknown owner with c/r N116SA.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Lvliang.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 The First Seventy Years (ISBN 0-85130-332-3) by Jennifer Gradidge
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerodata Quantum+
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    John Bennett
    Turnor Brown

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