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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-75-DL
    Last Military Serial:TS422 RAF
    Construction Number:19345
    Last Civil Registration:N473DC
    Latest Owner or Location:Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, RAF East Kirkby, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire / Lincs, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-75-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-100882.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n TS422.

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-KAZ.

    To unknown owner with c/r C-FKAZ.

    17 May 1985

    Certificate of airworthiness for N473DC (DC3C, 42-100882) issued.

    17 May 1985

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5831B (DC3C, 42-100882) issued.

    21 January 1998

    To McNeely Charter Service Inc, West Memphis, AR with new c/r N5831B.

    22 June 2001


    Photographer: Walter Wesch
    Notes: At West Memphis, AR

    2004


    Photographer: Gottfried Darringer
    Notes: Avra Valley Airport Arizona

    11 July 2005


    Photographer: David Blaker
    Notes: Photographed at Flying Legends Display 2005, Duxford England

    30 June 2008

    To Dakota Heritage Inc Trustee, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N473DC.

    To Liverpool John Lennon International Airport, Halewood, Greater Manchester, England.
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    Based at Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, RAF East Kirkby, East Kirkby, Lincolnshire/Lincs, England.
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    14 August 2016


    Photographer: Rolf Wallner

    1 January 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5831B (DC3C, 42-100882) issued.

    8 June 2019


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Took part in Daks-over-Normandy, Caen-Carpiquet / France
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