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SKYTRAIN/43-49281
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Serial #: 43-49281
Construction #: -
Civil Registration:
  None
Model(s):
  C-47B
  VC-47D-15-DK
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2003
History:
Delivered to USAAF as 43-49281.
- BOC: Nov. 1944.
- SOC: Sept. 1962.
- Assigned to the 2527th Base Unit, South Plains Field, TX, 1944.
- Retired from USAF and transferred to U.S. Army, Sept. 1962.
- Stored, MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
U.S. Forest Service, Feb. 21, 1975.
- Used to deliver Smoke-Jumpers.
- Retired and stripped, Dept. 23, 1983.
- Declared as "Scrap".
Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, UT, 1984-2003.
- Restored for static display.
Photo Source(s):
Hill Aerospace Museum
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