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Constructed as a C-47B-30-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. |
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New construction number, 33185, assigned to the airframe. |
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May 1945 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76853. |
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May 1945 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KN566 as a Dakota IV. |
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25 February 1952 |
To J. A. Wilson with new c/r G-AMPO. |
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3 February 1953 |
To Starways Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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10 May 1954 |
To Eagle Aircraft Services Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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29 October 1954 |
To First Air Trading Co Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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7 January 1955 |
To Eagle Aircraft Services Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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16 October 1956 |
To Starways Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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24 December 1963 |
To Aviation Overhauls Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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9 February 1965 |
To Polaris Air Transport with new c/r LN-RTO. |
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17 June 1969 |
To Field Aircraft Services Ltd with new c/r G-AMPO. |
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20 June 1969 |
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24 October 1969 |
To British Aircraft Corporation Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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17 August 1972 |
To Macedonian Securities (Overseas) Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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21 March 1974 |
To Macedonian Aviation Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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30 December 1974 |
To Humber Airways Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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13 May 1976 |
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25 July 1976 |
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31 July 1978 |
To Eastern Airways (Lease Air Ltd) keeping c/r G-AMPO. |
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16 June 1979 |
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13 September 1980 |
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20 April 1982 |
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1 September 1984 |
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Circa 1989 |
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Circa 1990 |
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Circa 1990 |
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To RAF Lyneham, Lyneham, Wiltshire, England. |
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Markings Applied: KF964 |
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16 September 2012 |
To RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire, England. |
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Markings Applied: FZ626, YS-DH |
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