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Douglas R4D/Bu. 50819
Douglas R4D Bu. 50819
Bureau #: 50819
Construction #: 15429/26874
Civil Registration:
  N229GB
Location:
  40°22'53.4"N 75°58'00.9"W
Model(s):
  C-47B-20-DK Skytrain
  R4D-6
Name: None
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2020
History:
Built in 1944.
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 43-49613.
  • BOC: November 29, 1944
Delivered to the United States Navy as R4D-6 as Bu. 50819.
  • BOC: January 1945
  • Assigned to FAW-5, Norfolk, VA
  • Transferred to VRU-2, Quonset Point, RI, April 1947.
  • Transferred to VR-22, Norfolk, VA, August 1947.
  • Converted to R4D-6S ASW configuration.
Mid-Atlantic Air Museum, Reading, PA, June 02, 1981-2020.
  • Registered as N229GB.
Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner

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