Douglas, c/n 16089; Photographer: Felix Tchvertkin, Location: Revivim, Negev, Israel, 2020
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Douglas, c/n 16089 / 32837, C-47A-25-DK

Manufacturer:	Douglas	Latest Type: Manufactured as:	C-47A-25-DK C-47A-25-DK
Construction Number:	16089 / 32837	Year:	1944
Lastest Registration:	F-RAVB	Former Registrations:	4X-FNG , F-RAJQ , F-RAMN , F-RAVB , KN412
Airworthy:	no	ex. USAAF serial:	44-76505
Owner:	Mitspeh Revivim Museum https://mitzpe-revivim.com/	Location of the Plane:	Revivim, Negev, Israel
Engines:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90
Notes:	1944: manufactured at the Oklahoma City plant of the Douglas Company under Contract No. AC-2032 March 15, 1945: delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force March 17, 1945: transferred to the Royal British Air Force (RAF) based in Montreal, Canada and marked with the tail number KN412 June 21, 1945: sent to serve in the Transport Command in Southeast Asia December 9, 1946: returned to Britain and was placed in storage in Maintenance Unit No. 22 August 20, 1947: offered for sale November 8, 1949: sold to the French Air Force and entered service under FAF tail number 476505 1950 : operated by the GT1 / 61 "Torine" transport squadron under the call sign F-RAMN and the "N" tail code from the Orleans base. October, 1950: moved with the squadron to Indo-China May 10, 1953: transferred to Unit P.482 at Bain Hua Base May 17, 1953: transferred to GT.2 / 63 "Senegal" Squadron at the Tan Sun base. May 30, 1954: transferred to Manila, Philippines August 5, 1964: transferred to Unit P.18 / 192 at Bain Hua Base September 17, 1954: left for France and on September 23, 1954 entered storage at unit EAA.601 at the Chattodon base. October 25, 1955: was transferred to the ELA.56 Liaison Squadron at the Pressen-Beaumont base under the F-SCOB call October 11, 1962: returned to storage at Chatodon June 6, 1963: transferred to the GLA.45 Link Squadron, which was based at the Buparic base in Algeria and registered under the F-SCDE call sign. April 8, 1964: the aircraft was transferred to the GTLA.2 / 60 Transport and Liaison Squadron at Wilkubley Base and registered under the F-RAJQ call sign. -March 15, 1967: the call sign was changed to F-RAVB March 15, 1967: was transferred to a warehouse in Chatodon May 5, 1967: was sold to Israel and transferred to Israel Aerospace Industries for renovation January 1, 1968: was put into service in the Israeli Air Force and operated as part of the Dakota Division in the 120th Squadron. June 1, 1971: the aircraft was transferred to the Dakota Squadron after it was established as a dedicated body to operate the aircraft. with "026" markings in the museum video "מצפה רביבים ממעוף הרחפן" on Youtube detailed information in Hebrew at merchav-aviri.org

last change: May 24, 2021

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