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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-117D
    Last Military Serial:39080 USMC
    Construction Number:10207
    Last Civil Registration:N28TN
    Latest Owner or Location:Mes Llc, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R4D-8.

    New construction number, 43354, assigned to the airframe.

    8 September 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 39080.

    Redesignated as C-117D.

    New construction number, 43354, assigned to the airframe.

    3 August 1977

    Withdrawn from use.
    At MASDC.

    To unknown owner with c/r N2071X.

    March 1984

    To Millardair with new c/r C-GGKG.

    26 September 1994

    To Kenn Borek Air Ltd, Calgary, AB keeping c/r C-GGKG.

    By June 2007

    To Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, AK.
    View the Location Dossier

    4 June 2007

    To Des Llc, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N28TN.

    4 June 2007

    Operated by Transnorthern Airlines, Anchorage, AK.

    5 June 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for N28TN (R4D-8, 43354) issued.

    23 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Ted Stevens Airport, Anchorage, Alaska

    12 May 2009


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Working hard for Trans Northern, faded Kenn Borek Air titles still visible in Anchorage, Alaska

    30 December 2016

    To Mes Llc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N28TN.
    With TransNorthern titles.

    8 December 2021

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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    YouTube
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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