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Constructed as a DC-3-384. |
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Civil registration NC1947 {1} reserved but not taken up. |
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Circa 1940 |
Converted to a C-49-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA. |
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6 November 1940 |
To Douglas Aircraft Company Inc, Santa Monica, CA with c/r N1947 (DC3-G202A, 3272). |
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31 January 1941 |
Civil registration, N1947, cancelled. |
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23 February 1941 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 41-7687. |
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5 February 1942 |
Transferred to Air Transport Command. |
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Circa April 1942 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-7687. |
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Circa August 1942 |
Transferred to 21st Troop Carrier Squadron. |
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1 September 1942 |
Transferred to 5th Air Force, Brisbane. |
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Circa December 1942 |
Transferred to 46th Troop Carrier Squadron, 317th Troop Carrier Group. |
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4 December 1942 |
Delivered to Commonwealth Aircraft Corportation for freighter conversion. |
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24 June 1943 |
Transferred to No 36 Squadron, R. A. A. F. |
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23 February 1944 |
Assigned civil registration: VH-CDB |
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22 April 1944 |
Assigned by Allied Directorate of Air Transport to Australian National Airways for operations under charter to the A.D.A.T. |
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Operated by A.N.A. on night courier flights for the Allied Directorate of Air Transport. |
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13 July 1944 |
Damaged. |
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25 January 1946 |
To Australian National Airways Pty Ltd. |
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25 January 1946 |
Converted to a DC-3-384. |
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25 May 1946 |
Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army Air Force. |
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25 May 1946 |
Assigned civil registration: VH-ANN |
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20 July 1953 |
Leased to Guinea Airways. |
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2 August 1958 |
Civil registration revised. |
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18 January 1960 |
Guinea Airways Ltd renamed Airlines of South Australia. |
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25 January 1960 |
Civil registration revised. |
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From Circa July 1965 to September 1965 |
Leased to Queensland Airlines. |
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Circa April 1966 |
Withdrawn from use. |
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Circa 1967 |
Scrapped. |
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Nose section retained by Darryl Gibbs of Clyde North Aeronautical Preservation Group, North Clyde, Victoria. |
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