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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:LC-47H
    Last Military Serial:12418 USN
    Construction Number:09358
    Compressed ID:Douglas LC-47H sn 12418 USN cn 0935...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-20-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, California, USA.

    8 April 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-23496.

    8 April 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 12418 as a R4D-5.

    1944

    Transferred to Naval Air Transport Command.

    August 1944

    Transferred to Transport Squadron 7 (VR-7), Naval Air Transport Service (NATS), NAS Miami, FL.

    3 June 1945

    Transferred to Transport Squadron 3 (VR-3) (NATS), Naval Air Reserve Base Olathe, KS.

    May 1946

    Transferred to Naval Air Reserve Training Command, NAS Jacksonville, FL.

    1947

    Transferred to Naval Reserve, NAS Minneapolis, MN.

    1948

    Transferred to Naval Air Reserve Base Olathe, KS.

    1948

    Assigned to Naval Aircraft Storage Facility, Litchfield Park, AZ for storage.

    Circa 1955

    Transferred to Air Development Squadron 6 (VX-6), NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    1956

    Converted to a R4D-5L.

    1956

    Markings Applied: XD-8, QUE SERA SERA

    31 October 1956

    Made the first landing at the South Pole.

    1956


    Photographer: Unknown

    December 1958

    To Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
    Placed in storage with the Smithsonian.

    1962

    Redesignated as LC-47H.

    December 1966


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy by permission
    Notes: at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museums restoration facility in Silver Hill, MD

    1974

    Loaned to National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    1982

    Restored.
    Restored for static display.

    15 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL of Douglas C-47H Skytrain

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide

    From 15 September 2004 to 15 September 2004

    Damaged.
    Damaged by Hurricane Ivan.

    19 April 2010


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    27 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola NAS, Pensacola, Florida, United States

    8 October 2011


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    8 October 2011


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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