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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-47A-25-DK
    Last Military Serial:KG725 RAF
    Construction Number:13726
    Last Civil Registration:HS-TDA
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-47A-25-DK sn KG725 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Phachi, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-47A-25-DK by Douglas at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-93777.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KG725.

    January 1951

    To Siamese Airways Company with new c/r HS-SAA.

    15 September 1958

    To Thai Airways with new c/r HS-TDA.

    1974

    Withdrawn from use.

    From 1991 to 2013

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Parked on the bank of Chao Phrayaa River.- wearing false marks 979.

    10 August 2006


    Photographer: Marc Panchaud
    Notes: Parked on the bank of Chao Phrayaa River. - In 2013 the aircraft was scrapped

    Circa 2013

    Scrapped.

    By January 2014

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Phachi, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya.
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