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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:Dakota IV
    Last Military Serial:6850 {2} SAAF
    Construction Number:15654
    Last Civil Registration:ST-AAH
    Latest Owner or Location:South African National Museum of Military History, Saxonwold, Johannesburg, Gauteng

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47B-20-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49838.

    New construction number, 27099, assigned to the airframe.

    18 January 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN231 as a Dakota IV.

    Circa May 1953

    Certificate of airworthiness for G-AMZW (DOUGLAS C47B DAKOTA 4, 15654) issued.

    May 1953

    To Airwork Ltd with c/r G-AMZW.

    1953

    To Sudan Airways with c/r SN-AAH.

    1957

    To Sudan Airways with c/r ST-AAH.

    October 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya As-Sudaniya with s/n 424 {2}.

    July 1967

    To Sudan Airways with c/r ST-AAH.

    August 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 6850 {2}.

    April 2000

    Placed on display.
    Sold to private concern and displayed inside Caesars Palace Casino near Johannesburg International Airport.

    Placed on display.

    5 April 2009

    Based at South African National Museum of Military History, Saxonwold, Johannesburg, Gauteng.
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    30 September 2011


    Photographer: Derek Gaynor took this photo at the Ditsong National Museum of Military History
    Notes: This photo was not taken by me. It can be found here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/61320542@N06/7888973954/in/pool-douglasdc-3/http://www.flickr.com/groups/douglasdc-3/

    17 October 2013


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At the South African National Museum of Military History, Saxonwold, Johannesburg, Gauteng

    16 September 2014


    Photographer: John Yates
    Notes: Displayed at the South African National Museum of Military History in Saxonwold, Johannesburg
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