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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:Dakota III
    Last Military Serial:T.3-62 EdA
    Construction Number:14005
    Last Civil Registration:D-CORA {1}
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota III sn T.3-62 EdA cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Auto und Technik Museum - Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Baden-Wurttemberg

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-30-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    New construction number, 25450, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48189.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KG773 as a Dakota III.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48189.
    Possibly not returned from England.

    18 November 1947

    To unknown owner with c/r G-AKLL (DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA 3, 25450).

    5 June 1950

    Civil registration, G-AKLL, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r EC-WEU.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n T.3-62.

    To Iberia with new c/r EC-AEU (Douglas DC-3 (C47-A30-DK), 25450).
    Operated with fleet number 53.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n T.3-62.

    27 August 1979

    To Korastinsky Robert with new c/r N8041A.

    30 June 1980

    Civil registration, N8041A, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r D-CORA {1}.

    To Auto und Technik Museum-Sinsheim, Sinsheim, Baden-Wurttemberg.
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    Markings Applied: D-CADE

    22 March 1996


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: As D-CADE in early Lufthansa colors at Sinsheim, Germany

    2007


    Photographer: Andy West
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Spanish Register of Civil Aircraft Since 1920 by Jose Ramon Valero
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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