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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-47B-20-DK
    Last Military Serial:P2-004 PNGDF
    Construction Number:15685
    Last Civil Registration:VH-DNA
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47B-20-DK sn P2-004 PNGDF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Larras Lee Airstrip, Larras Lee, New South Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-20-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 27130, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49869.

    23 January 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A65-68.

    Operated with callsign VHCUY.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force with s/n P65-004.

    New serial number assigned: P2-004 PNGDF

    23 September 1993

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-ATO.
    Noted at Cairns, Queensland on arrival from Papua New Guinea.

    19 May 1994

    To Peter Starr T/A Dakota National Air Bankstown NSW with new c/r VH-DNA.

    19 May 1994

    To Dakota Management Pty Limited, Gosford, NSW keeping c/r VH-DNA.

    19 May 1994

    To Dakota National Air (aust) Pty Limited Trading As Dakota National Air, Gosford, NSW with new c/r VH-DNA.

    19 May 1994

    To Dakota Management Pty Limited, Gosford, NSW with new c/r VH-DNA.

    6 May 2005


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 2005 photo at Bankstown, NSW

    30 July 2005


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2005 photo at Bankstown Museum in Sydney, Australia

    8 June 2006

    To Dakota National Air (aust.) Pty. Limited, Gosford, NSW keeping c/r VH-DNA.

    December 2009

    Based at Larras Lee Airstrip, Larras Lee, New South Wales.
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    November 2015


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: One of four C-47s stored at the remote Larras Lee airfield on this November 2015 visit
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    Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
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     Terry Fletcher
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