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    Photo Date: On 1 June 1965
    Credit: Dr. J.G. Handelman via Joseph Handelman
    Date Uploaded: 20 May 2020
    Airframe: Douglas C-117D, s/n 138659 USN, c/n 06017, c/r N117LR
    Notes: BuNo 138659 was the initial Navy serial when it was transferred from the USAF on 24July1953. It was renumbered 138820 and carried this BuNo during its Navy service. This aircraft was the original Super DC-3(DC-3S). I photographed the aircraft while I was stationed at NAS Patuxent River MD. It was a. station aircraft
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