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Douglas R4D/Bu. 50819
Douglas R4D Bu. 50819
Serial #: 43-48510
Construction #: 14326/25771
Civil Registration:
  N229GB
Model(s):
  C-47B-1-DK Skytrain
  R4D-5
  C-47J Skytrain
Name: None
Status: Scrapped
Last info: 2010
History:
Built in 1944.
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 43-48510.
Transferred to the United States Navy as Bu. 17268.
  • BOC:August 14, 1944
  • Assigned to San Diego HDN-1 FAW-14, August 1944.
  • Transferred to CFAW-14, September 11, 1944.
  • Transferred to VH-3, September 11, 1944.
  • Transferred to VE-2, January 1945
  • Transferred to VRE-1, March 45.
  • Transferred to VR-13, April 45.
  • Transferred to USS Barnes, February 1946.
  • Transferred to NAS Alameda, CA, March 1946.
  • Transferred to NAS Quonset Point, RI, June 1946.
  • Transferred to NART St Louis, MO, January 1947.
  • Converted to C-47J configuration, September 18, 1962.
NASA Huntsville, AL, May 1969.
  • Registered as N10NA.
  • Coded as NASA 10, May 1969.
  • Registered as N423NA.
Auburn University, January 23, 1973.
  • Registered as N1AU.
  • Registered as N6326Y, October 25, 1973.
Lee County Health Department, Ft Myers, FL, 1977.
  • Registered as N840M.
  • Registered as N4994N, September 30, 1978.
Ag-Air Inc, Belle Glade, FL, March 16, 1979.
Environmental AV SVC Inc, Bourg, LA, March 8, 1985-2007.
  • Withdrawn from use, May 23, 2007.
Reported scrapped between 2007-2010.
Photo Source(s):
None

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