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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:42-68698 USAAF
    Construction Number:11625
    Last Civil Registration:N115NA
    Latest Owner or Location:Basler Turbo Conversions, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-53D-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-68698.

    Circa 1942

    Transferred to 49th Troop Carrier Squadron, 313th Troop Carrier Grou.

    6 June 1944

    Aidan Sigmund comments (2 March 2024): Took part in the airborne assault on Normandy during Operation Overlord. This aircraft dropped paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division onto Drop Zone N at about 2:20 AM. During this mission, the pilot was 1st Lieutenant Samuel M. Willis Jr.

    Converted to a DC-3A.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC45397.

    Circa 1 February 1961

    Certificate of airworthiness for N45397 (DC3A, 11625) issued.

    1 February 1961

    To Remmert-Werner Export Inc, Saint Louis, MO with new c/r N45397.

    20 April 1961

    To unknown owner with c/r N45397.

    20 April 1961

    Civil registration, N45397, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-WIC.

    4 August 1987

    Certificate of airworthiness for N115NA (DC3C-S1C3G, 11625) issued.

    March 1990


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Oakland International Airport, California.

    16 December 1997

    To Basler Turbo Conversions Llc, Oshkosh, WI with new c/r N115NA.

    In the inventory of Basler Turbo Conversions, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
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    Withdrawn from use.

    27 July 2022


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: back in the Basler storage area next to the hangar having been in the trees across the road for many years
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Aidan Sigmund
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