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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-47A-30-DL
    Last Military Serial:T-459 AURI
    Construction Number:09550
    Last Civil Registration:PK-VDM
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-30-DL sn T-459 AURI c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, Jakarta, Djakarta (Jakarta)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-30-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.
    Some sources have this preserved airframe as c/n 9551.

    17 May 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-23688.

    23 May 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FD898.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Netherlands East Indies Air Fo with s/n DT959.
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    Markings Applied: VHR-EM
    The call sign used by the Australian military.

    To unknown owner with c/r PK-REM.

    1 August 1947

    To KLM Kemagoran with new c/r PK-VDM.

    1 January 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Indonesian Air Force with s/n T-459.

    From Circa 1979 to 1980

    To Mandala.
    This appears to be the final identity before being wfu, and post-dates service with the Indonesian AF.

    Transferred to SkU. 2.

    November 1985

    To Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, Jakarta, Djakarta (Jakarta).
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    Withdrawn from use.

    Restored.
    Repainted as its former military identity and preserved at off-airport location, Saryanto, Jakarta since.

    13 October 2019


    Photographer: Keith Bollands
    Notes: Sources differ on whether the c/n is 9550 or 9551. NOT at Halim airport: Location is Lakespra, the Aviation and Space Health Institute, Saryanto, Jakarta. References elsewhere to this being the Armed Forces Staff College appear to be incorrect.

    13 October 2019


    Photographer: Keith Bollands
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 The First Seventy Years (ISBN 0-85130-332-3) by Jennifer Gradidge
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Individual Contributors
     Keith Bollands
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