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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3C
    Last Military Serial:17135 USN
    Construction Number:12331
    Last Civil Registration:N9382
    Latest Owner or Location:Days Gone By Museum, Portland, Tennessee

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1943

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

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-92521.
    The USAAF serial number was only assigned to facilitate the transfer to the USN.

    21 January 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 17135 as a R4D-5.

    4 August 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 17135.

    4 August 1944

    Transferred to Homeland Defense Network, Marine Base Defense Aircraft Wing.

    November 1944

    Transferred to Marine Air Wing 4.

    December 1944

    Transferred to Marine Transport Squadron 353 (VMR-353), Pacific Theater.

    29 January 1945

    Transferred to Marine Air Wing 3.

    February 1945

    Transferred to NAS North Island, San Diego, CA.

    April 1945

    Transferred to NAS Jacksonville, FL.

    July 1945

    Transferred to MAR (Marine Air Wing) Far West.

    October 1945

    Transferred to Marine Air Group 15.

    10 November 1945

    Transferred to Marine Air Group 25.

    November 1945

    Transferred to Marine Transport Squadron 153 (VMR-153).

    April 1946

    Transferred to Com Air Phil, Philippines.

    September 1946

    Transferred to Carrier Aircraft Service Unit 4 (CASU-4).

    November 1946

    Transferred to Fleet Air Servicing Squadron-120 (Fasron-120).

    By February 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 17135.

    February 1947

    Transferred to Navy Fleet Transport Unit 3 (VRU-3).

    June 1947

    Transferred to Navy Transport Squadron 7 (VR-7), NAS Moffett Field, CA.

    November 1947

    Transferred to Fasron-II.

    January 1948

    Transferred to Fasron-III.

    April 1948

    Transferred to NAS North Island, San Diego, CA.

    June 1948

    Transferred to NAS Columbus, OH.

    October 1948

    Transferred to Naval Ordinance Test Station, Inyokern, CA.

    30 July 1957

    Transferred to NAF Research and Development, China Lake, CA.

    9 January 1958

    Transferred to Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu, CA.

    July 1962

    Redesignated as C-47H.

    1962

    Transferred to NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: Lemoore

    Circa 1964


    Photographer: Eddie Burns
    Notes: Circa 1964 NAS JAX I was the Radio Navigator. ATN2 Eddie Burns.

    February 1969

    Complete airframe overhaul in Lisbon, Portugal.

    25 March 1971


    Photographer: ROY LOCK
    Notes: VIA RON PICCIANI COLLECTION

    16 August 1971

    To Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, Point Barrow, AK with new c/r N9382.
    Went to Point Barrow still in Navy livery. Tracked Russian ship movements until 1977. Skis installed.

    June 1977

    Offered for sale.

    17 August 1981

    To Northern Air Cargo/R. G. Sholton, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N9382.

    Converted to a DC-3C.

    March 1987

    To I. F. L. Group Inc, Orchard Park, MI keeping c/r N9382.
    Operated as freighter.

    17 September 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    To Aeromarine Airways Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N9382.

    To Opa Locka Airport, Opa Locka, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    To Richards Field Airport, Miami, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    9 November 1999

    To Pro Freight Cargo Services Inc, Opa Locka, FL keeping c/r N9382.

    3 August 2007

    To Aeromarine Airways Corp, Miami, FL keeping c/r N9382.

    19 September 2011

    Ferry flight.
    Flown to Portland, TN.

    From 19 September 2011 to 20 September 2011

    Disassembled.
    The wings were removed for towing.

    Transported by ground.
    Towed to the museum and reassembled.

    To Days Gone By Museum, Portland, TN.
    View the Location Dossier

    12 January 2012

    Civil registration, N9382, cancelled.

    24 August 2019


    Photographer: Bill Feffer

    24 August 2019


    Photographer: Bill Feffer

    24 August 2019


    Photographer: Bill Feffer

    24 August 2019


    Photographer: Bill Feffer


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

    Print Sources
    Douglas DC-3 Survivors, Volume Two by Arthur Pearcy
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    China Lake Alumni
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    arthur saley

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