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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:41-7853 USAAF
    Construction Number:04352
    Last Civil Registration:N16625
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47-DL sn 41-7853 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sanford Export Corp, Ingelwood, CA

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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 41-7853.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC18638.

    10 May 1955

    To Sanford Export Corp, Ingelwood, CA with new c/r N5089V (C-47, 4352).

    15 November 1955

    Civil registration, N5089V, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r CF-ILW.

    8 June 1973

    Certificate of airworthiness for N16625 (DC3C, 4352) issued.

    9 March 1981

    To unknown owner with c/r N16625.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wildomar, CA.

    14 March 1981

    To unknown owner with c/r N16625.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wildomar, CA.

    To unknown owner with c/r N19925 {1}.

    Withdrawn from use.

    1 January 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for N16625 (DC3C, 4352) issued.

    1 January 2008

    To unknown owner with c/r N16625.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wildomar, CA.

    14 June 2013

    Civil registration, N16625, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wildomar, CA.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Art Currey, Currey Air Service
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