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Constructed as a C-47B-15-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. |
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Circa 1943 |
Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-49474. |
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New construction number, 26735, assigned to the airframe. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KK151. |
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6 April 1945 |
Transferred to 243 SQDN (RAF), Camden, Australia. |
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23 March 1946 |
Ferry flight. |
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Transferred to RAF Station, Saint Mawgan. |
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From 8 March 1952 to 5 March 1953 |
To Jerome Anthony Wilson, Liverpool, Lancashire with new c/r G-AMRA. |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XE280. |
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From 11 April 1953 to 26 May 1970 |
To British United Airways Ltd, London SW. 1 with new c/r G-AMRA. |
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From 3 June 1970 to 1 March 1973 |
To British and Commonwealth Shipping Company (Aviation) Ltd, London EC. 3 keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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30 May 1972 |
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From 16 April 1973 to 12 March 1974 |
To To British Island Airways Ltd, Redhill, Surrey keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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From 15 March 1974 to 30 December 1974 |
To MacEdonian Aviation Ltd, Southend-On-Sea, Essex keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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From 30 December 1974 to 8 July 1975 |
To Humber Airways Ltd, Hull, Yorkshire keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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From 25 August 1976 to 7 July 1978 |
To Intra Airways Ltd, Saint. Peter, Guernsey, Channel Islands keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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From 18 July 1978 to 21 October 1981 |
To Lease Air Ltd, Humberside keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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21 October 1981 |
To Air Atlantique Ltd, States Airport, Jersey, Channel Islands keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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From 21 October 1981 to 15 March 2000 |
To Dak Holdings Ltd, Bagington, Coventry keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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1983 |
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20 July 1991 |
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8 May 1995 |
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From 15 March 2000 to 17 July 2007 |
To Aviation Ltd, Bagington, Coventry keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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From 17 July 2007 to 23 October 2015 |
To Air Atlantique Ltd, Bagington, Coventry keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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To Classic Air Force Live Museum, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England. |
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22 August 2010 |
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22 August 2010 |
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To Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre, Newquay Cornwall Airport/Saint Mawgan Airport, Saint Mawgan, Cornwall, England. |
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From 23 October 2015 to 29 October 2019 |
To Forderverein Rosinenbomber E. V., Schonefeld, Berlin, Germany keeping c/r G-AMRA. |
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29 October 2019 |
Civil registration, G-AMRA, cancelled. |
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