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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-3A
    Last Military Serial:43-1970 USAAF
    Construction Number:04994
    Last Civil Registration:N78U
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-3-454.
    Douglas DC-3-454 4994

    Civil registration NC34971 {1} reserved but not taken up.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-1970 as a C-49J.

    Redesignated as C-49J.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-1970.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC19940.

    To unknown owner with c/r N78C.

    Converted to a DC-3A.

    16 November 1962

    Certificate of airworthiness for N78U (DC3A, 4994) issued.

    22 April 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N78U (DC3A, 4994) issued.

    14 January 1977

    To unknown owner with c/r N78U.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    Withdrawn from use.

    22 October 2012

    Civil registration, N78U, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N78U (DC3A, 4994) issued.

    1 January 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N78U.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.
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