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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 IV
    Last Military Serial:KJ860 RAF
    Construction Number:14354
    Last Civil Registration:OO-VDH
    Compressed ID:Douglas Dakota IV sn KJ860 RAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kestrel Aviation, Lydd, Kent

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-1-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    27 August 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-48538.

    New construction number, 25799, assigned to the airframe.

    1 September 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KJ860 as a Dakota IV.
    Delivered direct to India.

    2 December 1947

    To Westminster Airways with new c/r G-AKNM (DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA 4, 14354).

    13 May 1948

    To Scottish Aviation keeping c/r G-AKNM.

    7 July 1948

    To Fairey Aviation keeping c/r G-AKNM.

    5 July 1951

    To Survey Aircraft with new c/r CF-GON.

    27 August 1951

    To Fairey Aviation, Hayes, Middlesex with new c/r G-AKNM.
    Operated with Air Survey titles.

    15 June 1952


    Photographer: Tony Clarke Collection
    Notes: At White Waltham (UK)

    21 February 1953

    To SABENA with new c/r OO-CBU.

    16 November 1954

    To Linair keeping c/r OO-CBU.

    By 1969

    To Delta Air Transport keeping c/r OO-CBU.

    1 August 1969


    Photographer: Ken Marshall
    Notes: At Antwerp Airport, Belgium

    Civil registration OO-VDH reserved but not taken up.

    1972

    To Kestrel Aviation, Lydd, Kent.

    1972


    Photographer: Paul Lammens
    Notes: At East Midlands Airport

    1973

    Scrapped.
    At Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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