Douglas, c/n 20448; Photographer: Brian Moen, Location: Kansas City, Missouri, USA, 2013
License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Douglas, c/n 20448, C-47A-90-DL

Manufacturer:	Douglas	Latest Type: Manufactured as:	C-47A-90-DL C-47A-90-DL
Construction Number:	20448	Year:	1944
Lastest Registration:	N838M	Former Registrations:	N838M
Airworthy:	no	ex. USAAF serial:	43-15982
Owner:	The Roasterie, https://theroasterie.com/ Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America	Location of the Plane:	Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Notes:	February 6, 1944: delivered to Army Air Force (AAF), Air Transport Command (ATC), Miami, Florida, USA July 15, 1944: transferred to ATC-Carrabin, Miami Army Air Field, Miami, Florida, USA November 24, 1944: to ATC Miami Army Air Field, Miami, Florida, USA January 2, 1945 to Morison Army Air Field, Palm beach, Florida, USA September 14, 1947: to Mitchell Army Air Field, Garden City, Long Island New York, USA October 26, 1947: to Westover AFB, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA Juni 24, 1948: to Mai 12, 1949: Berlin Airlift “Operation Vittles” but this aircraft does not appear to have been used for the Berlin Airlift. February 17, 1949 to Kindly AFB, Bermuda March 14, 1951: to Westover AFB, Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA February 25, 1952: to Rheine Main AFB, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany September 30, 1952: to Wiesbaden AFB, Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany June 30, 1953: to Furetenfeld AFB, Munich, Bavaria, Germany April 11, 1955: to Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio, USA April 27, 1955: to Kelly AFB, San Antonio, Texas, USA June 2, 1955: to Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA June 30, 1961: to Logistics Command, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA January 1, 1962: to 2584 ABW December 30, 1963 to US ARMY New Cumberland Army Depot, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This facility was used to overhaul and rebuild CH-47 helicopters during the Vietnam War. This air craft was most likely used to haul parts to and from the Depot. Mainly the large oversized rotor blades of the CH-47. December 5, 1974: to storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona, USA June 28, 1975: Released to LEE County Mosquito Control Dist., Ft Myers, Florida, USA. This was her only civilian owner before her retirement. Traded to Dodson International for a Turbine converted DC-3 and then sold to "The Roasterie". 2012: photo album on Flickr 2021: photo on Flickr detailed information at theroasterie.com

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