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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:C-47B-15-DK
    Last Military Serial:KK116 RAF
    Construction Number:15124
    Last Civil Registration:N435DK
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47B-15-DK sn KK116 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Terence Beezhold, Lake Stevens, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47B-15-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49308.

    New construction number, 26569, assigned to the airframe.

    24 November 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KK116.

    By 15 January 1945

    Transferred to 435 Squadron RCAF, Burma.

    15 January 1945

    First operational flight with RCAF 435 squadron in Burma.

    8 March 1952

    To Starways Ltd with new c/r G-AMPY.

    13 December 1957

    To Air Jordan with new c/r JY-ABE.

    3 January 1964

    To Avn Overhauls Ltd with new c/r G-AMPY.

    30 January 1964

    To Icelandair with new c/r TF-FIO.

    3 August 1965

    To Avn Overhauls Ltd with new c/r G-AMPY.

    1 August 1968

    To Avn Enterprises Inc with new c/r N15751.

    21 November 1968

    To Aviation Enterprises Inc, Cedarburg, WI with new c/r N15751.

    6 February 1970

    Civil registration, N15751, cancelled.

    5 November 1970

    To Jersey European with new c/r G-AMPY.

    12 May 1976


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1976 photo at Glasgow Airport, Scotland of a DC-3 operated by Intra Jersey

    13 May 1976


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1976 photo at Glasgow Airport, Scotland of a DC-3 operated by Intra Jersey

    1981

    To Clyden Airways with new c/r EI-BKJ.

    From 15 February 1982 to 15 March 2000

    To Air Atlantique with new c/r G-AMPY.

    19 August 1983


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: G-AMPY in Air Atlantique service at an Open-Airport-Day at Linz-Hoersching, Austria

    1986


    Photographer: Chris Redford
    Notes: At Hannover, West Germany

    6 August 1986


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF St Mawgan Airshow

    18 July 1987


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: This Dakota of Air Atlantique operated as a charter flight to the 1987 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    1997


    Photographer: Andrew William Breeden
    Notes: Air Atlantique / Coast Guard

    From 15 March 2000 to 13 July 2007

    To RVL Aviation Ltd keeping c/r G-AMPY.

    13 July 2007

    To Air Atlantique Ltd, Dakota House, Coventry Airport West, Baginton, Coventry keeping c/r G-AMPY.

    Placed on display with Airbase, Coventry Baginton Airport, Baginton, Warwickshire/Warks, England.
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    2 November 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Based At Airbase Museum, Coventry Airport - on standby for oil spill duties

    19 October 2015

    To RVL Aviation Ltd, Castle Donington, Derby keeping c/r G-AMPY.

    14 June 2022


    Photographer: DUNCAN KIRK
    Notes: Recently arrived at Arlington, WA

    To unknown owner with c/r N435DK.

    21 December 2022

    To Terence Beezhold, Lake Stevens, WA with new c/r N435DK.

    24 February 2023

    Certificate of airworthiness for N435DK (DC3, 26569) issued.

    30 June 2024


    Photographer: Peter Bakema
    Notes: at Aurora Airport (OR)


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    DC-1, DC-2, DC-3 The First Seventy Years (ISBN 0-85130-332-3) by Jennifer Gradidge

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    Robert Schilling

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