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Complete
Douglas DC-3 History
Douglas
DC-3 Executive N943DJ
- U.S.A.A.F.
Serial #42-47371
- Accepted:
May 1942
- Delivered:
June 29, 1942
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- Douglas
Contractor's #7313
- Army
Contract #W535-AC-21944
- First
Flight: July 1, 1942
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Military
History:
- Flown
locally by Air Transport Command, Santa
Monica, CA throughout the month of July
1942.
- Transferred
to the South Atlantic Wing ATC at Morrison
Field, West Palm Beach, FL from Pacific
Wing at Hamilton, CA.
- Left
U.S. August 4, 1942 and the custody
of the Caribbean Wing ATC to the custody
of the 1st Ferry Group of the 10th AF.
Arrived Karachi, India August 10, 1942.
- Transferred
to Royal Air Force custody September
10, 1942 (?) and assigned to 117 Sq.
with the flash # of FJ 712.
- Returned
to U.S.A.A.F. custody December 26, 1942
and probably assigned to the 1st Troop
Carrier Squadron of the 10th Air Force.
- Sold
December 21, 1945 at Dhub, India.
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Civilian
History:
- Purchased
by the Central Air Transport Corp. (CATC),
Beijing February 5, 1946.
- Sold
to Civil Air Transport (CAT) Taipei,
Taiwan December 19, 1949 and transferred
to Hong Kong registered as N8336C. CAT
was renamed Air Asia Co. Ltd., a subsidiary
of Air America.
- Registered
as N1794B at owner's request July 22,
1953.
- Sold
to TEMCO Aircraft Corp. Dallas, TX December
9, 1953 and registered as N67K.
- Re-registered
as N47L on January 12, 1954.
- Sold
to Union Chemical & Materials Corp.,
Dallas, TX May 22, 1958. (This company
later merged with Vulcan Materials Corp.,
Birmingham, AL).
- Sold
to Southern Airways Co., Atlanta, GA
June 22, 1958 and re-registered as N147M.
- Sold
to The Mead Corp., Dayton, OH on July
23, 1962.
- Sold
to Ohio Aviation Co., Vandalia, OH on
18 April 1969, who in turn sold the
aircraft to Tecumseh Products, Tecumseh,
MI.
- Donated
to the Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum
December 3, 1982. Re-designated as a
DC-3A-SIC3G.
- Purchased
by Warren Basler October 18, 1993 through
a trade agreement for a Douglas C-47
military airplane.
- Used
in the production of Warner Brothers
1994 film "Richie Rich."
- Began
private ownership service July 5, 1999
as "The Spirit of Enterprise" Donald
G. Jones, Fond du Lac, WI. Re-registered
as N943DJ.
- Preparation
underway for flight around the world
in 2000.
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