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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:C-117D
    Last Military Serial:39064 USMC
    Construction Number:09942
    Last Civil Registration:N8502X
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-117D sn 39064 USMC cn 099...
    Latest Owner or Location:K Spira, Acampo, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R4D-5.

    27 July 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-24080.

    27 July 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 39064.

    August 1944

    Transferred to VR-5.

    June 1946

    Transferred to NAS Jacksonville.

    March 1947

    Transferred to VR-1, NAS Patuxent River.

    August 1948

    Transferred to NAS Jacksonville.

    Remanufactured as a R4D-8.

    New construction number, 43376, assigned to the airframe.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as C-117D.

    July 1971

    Transferred to NAS Norfolk.

    By August 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 39064.

    August 1973

    Transferred to MCAS Cherry Point.

    January 1976

    Transferred to MCAS Beaufort.

    July 1976


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    9 February 1981

    Assigned civil registration: N8502X

    To K Spira, Acampo, CA.
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