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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:DC-3TP
    Last Military Serial:6870 {2} SAAF
    Construction Number:16463
    Last Civil Registration:N564PT
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-3TP sn 6870 SAAF cn 1646...
    Latest Owner or Location:Preferred Airparts, Apple Creek, Kidron, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

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

    New construction number, 33211, assigned to the airframe.

    3 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76879.

    8 May 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN581.

    Transferred to 238 SQDN Parafield, Adelaide.

    December 1945

    Transferred to 243 SQDN Camden, Sydney, Australia.

    26 February 1952

    To East African Airways Corporation with new c/r VP-KJS.
    Operated with markings: J Manning Speke


    Photographer: Ed Coates Collection

    August 1964

    To East African Airways Corporation with new c/r 5X-AAR.

    1966

    To Air Malawi with new c/r 7Q-YKN.

    1 April 1967


    Photographer: unknown
    Notes: Picking up a doctor from Flying Doctor Services

    Circa 1 August 1967


    Photographer: David Gibbs

    March 1970

    To Air Cape Ltd with new c/r ZS-EYN.

    June 1979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 6870 {2}.

    August 1995

    Converted to a DC-3TP.

    14 April 2000

    To Dodson International Parts, Capetown, South Africa with new c/r N332RD.

    5 February 2001

    To Dodson International Parts Inc, Rantoul, KS keeping c/r N332RD.

    Withdrawn from use.

    31 July 2017

    To Preferred Airparts Llc, Kidron, OH with new c/r N332RD.

    31 July 2017

    To Preferred Airparts Llc, Kidron, OH with new c/r N564PT.

    6 December 2017

    To Preferred Airparts Llc, Kidron, OH keeping c/r N564PT.

    Based at Preferred Airparts, Apple Creek, Kidron, OH.
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    23 March 2023

    Civil registration, N564PT, cancelled.
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