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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-30-DK
    Last Military Serial:43-48098 USAF
    Construction Number:13914
    Latest Owner or Location:Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, Nebraska

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a C-47A-30-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 25359, assigned to the airframe.

    14 July 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48098.

    14 July 1944

    Transferred to Troop Carrier Command Staging Area, Baer AAF, IN.

    April 1945

    Transferred to 4000th AAF Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 43-48098.

    November 1950

    Transferred to 1050th Air Base Wing (HQ USAF Command), Andrews AFB, MD.

    August 1952

    Transferred to 1401st Air Base Wing (Military Air Transport Service), Andrews AFB, MD.

    October 1957

    Transferred to 1405th Air Base Wing (MATS), Scott AFB, IL.
    Operated with markings: 0-48098.

    August 1959

    Transferred to 63rd Troop Carrier (Heavy) Wing (MATS), Donaldson AFB, SC.

    March 1963

    Transferred to 1608th Air Transport Wing (MATS), Charleston AFB, SC.

    By November 1966

    Transferred to 21st Composite Wing (Alaskan Air Command), Elmendorf AFB, AK.

    October 1969

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    October 1969

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
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    1971

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1971

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, NE.

    Markings Applied: D8, Z, 0-48098

    22 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at Offutt, AFB

    22 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at Offutt, AFB

    Circa 1997

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Moved to new facility while under construction.

    16 May 1998

    Placed on display with Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
    New museum opened.

    2001

    Loaned to Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Museum name changed.
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    By 2002

    Markings Applied: War Weary, M2 O, 349098

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE

    22 June 2015

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Museum name changed.
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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

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Strategic Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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