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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-47-DL
    Last Military Serial:41-18417 USAAF
    Construction Number:04479
    Last Civil Registration:EC-EJB
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47-DL sn 41-18417 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Son Bonet Airport, Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares (Balearic Islands)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-18417.

    To unknown owner with c/r C-1201.

    To unknown owner with c/r HK-1201.

    10 January 1956

    To L B Smith Aircraft Corp, Miami, FL with new c/r N2077A (C-47, 4479).

    20 January 1956

    Civil registration, N2077A, cancelled.

    27 February 1956

    To Compagnie Nationale Air France, Paris, Martinique with new c/r F-OART (Dc 3c-s1c3g, 4479).
    Based at Aime Cesaire.

    21 January 1959

    Civil registration, F-OART, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r N330.

    Civil registration 5N-ARC reserved but not taken up.

    To unknown owner with c/r N330 (DC3, 4479).

    8 April 1977


    Photographer: Chris Wood
    Notes: Seen at Hal Far, Malta

    8 April 1977


    Photographer: Chris Wood

    2 June 1988

    Civil registration, N330, cancelled.

    Civil registration N514GL reserved but not taken up.

    To unknown owner with c/r EC-177.

    Civil registration EC-EJN reserved but not taken up.

    5 September 1988

    To Aeromarket Express S. A with new c/r EC-EJB.

    To Palfe S. A. ARM keeping c/r EC-EJB.

    From May 1994 to 3 July 2006

    Withdrawn from use.

    Placed on display with Son Bonet Airport, Palma de Mallorca, Islas Baleares (Balearic Islands).
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa October 2010


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Son Bonet Airfield, Mallorca, Spain

    9 July 2012


    Photographer: Clive Hindmarch
    Notes: 2012 photo of DC-3 residing just inside the gate at Son Bonet, Palma, Spain

    21 April 2015


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Son Bonet airfield, Mallorca Island, Spain - note makeshift engine cowling...

    By March 2021

    To unknown owner with c/r EC-EJB.

    March 2021

    Civil registration, EC-EJB, cancelled.
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    DGCA Civil Aircraft Register (France)
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Spanish Register of Civil Aircraft Since 1920 by Jose Ramon Valero
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