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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-47TP Turbo Dakota
    Last Military Serial:6863 SAAF
    Construction Number:16565
    Last Civil Registration:N562PT
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47TP sn 6863 SAAF cn 1656...
    Latest Owner or Location:Preferred Airparts Llc, Kidron, OH

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-35-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 33313, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76981.

    From 20 June 1945 to 2 July 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ3546.

    From 10 July 1952 to April 1961

    To New Zealand National Aircraft Company with new c/r ZK-AWQ.

    From 17 April 1961 to 12 November 1977

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ3546.

    April 1963

    Converted to a DC-3C.
    At Palmerston North, NZ.


    Photographer: Allan Wooller

    1978

    To K. Neeley with new c/r ZK-AWQ.

    January 1981

    To Island Associates, Moroni, Comoros Republic with new c/r D6-CAG.

    From February 1981 to Circa 1998

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 6863.

    Converted to a C-47TP.
    Converted to Pratt and Whitney powered C47-TP by Wonder Air.

    14 July 1998

    To Dodson Aviation Kansas, USA with new c/r N81907.

    15 February 2001

    To Dodson International Parts South Africa P/L, Wonderboon South Africa with new c/r ZS-OJL.

    15 August 2007

    To Dodson International Parts Inc, Rantoul, KS keeping c/r N81907.

    20 January 2009

    Civil registration, N81907, cancelled.
    Exported to South Africa.

    30 April 2013


    Photographer: Aeroprints / Wikimedia Commons
    Notes: At Ottawa, Kansas

    19 May 2014

    To Dodson International Parts Inc, Rantoul, KS with new c/r N81907.

    6 October 2016

    To Preferred Airparts Llc, Kidron, OH with new c/r N562PT.

    Based at Preferred Airparts, Apple Creek, Kidron, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    5 April 2023

    Civil registration, N562PT, cancelled.

    8 June 2023

    To Preferred Airparts Llc, Kidron, OH with new c/r N562PT.

    17 January 2024

    Civil registration, N562PT, cancelled.
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