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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-47J
    Last Military Serial:50740 USN
    Construction Number:14512
    Last Civil Registration:N8666
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47J sn 50740 USN cn 14512...
    Latest Owner or Location:Charles B. Whittington, McAllen, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-5-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 25957, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48696.

    Redesignated as R4D-6.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 50740.

    Redesignated as C-47J.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 50740.

    To Charles B. Whittington, McAllen, TX with new c/r N8666.

    8 July 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8666 (C-47J, 25957) issued.

    21 January 1998

    To Charles B. Whittington, McAllen, TX with new c/r N8666.

    16 November 2005

    Civil registration, N8666, cancelled.
    Exported to Mexico.

    1 January 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for N8666 (C-47J, 25957) issued.
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