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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-1 / DC-2/R2D / DC-3 Dakota / C-47/R4D Skytrain / C-53 Skytrooper
    Latest Model:R4D-3
    Last Military Serial:05078 USN
    Construction Number:04894
    Last Civil Registration:N763A
    Compressed ID:Douglas R4D-3 sn 05078 USN cn 04894...
    Latest Owner or Location:Von Pronay Nicolai A, Anchorage, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-53-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-20124.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 05078 as a R4D-3.

    15 April 1942

    Transferred to VR-1 (Operated by American Airlines).

    February 1946

    Transferred to FAW-5.

    30 August 1946

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    May 1949

    To Continental Airlines with new c/r NC73726.

    1954

    To Southern Airlines with new c/r N70SA.

    20 May 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N763A (DC3A, 4894) issued.

    November 1967

    To Jack Richards Aircraft Co., Oklahoma City with new c/r N763A.

    23 January 1968

    To Rockdale Flying Service, Rockdale, TX keeping c/r N763A.

    Markings Applied: Ozark Air Lines

    31 August 1984

    To Prairie Aviation Museum Inc, Bloomington, IL keeping c/r N763A.

    16 September 1998

    To Prairie Aviation Museum Inc, Bloomington, IL keeping c/r N763A.

    Based at Prairie Aviation Museum, Bloomington Normal Airport, Bloomington, IL.
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    4 May 2009

    To Thomas F. Kirby, Marathon, FL keeping c/r N763A.

    Circa 2009

    Operated by Antique Airplane Restoration, The Florida Keys Marathon Airport (MTH), Marathon, FL.
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    10 September 2015

    To Thomas F. Kirby, Old Town, FL keeping c/r N763A.

    14 April 2016

    To Norse Flight Inc, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N763A.

    Markings Applied: Norse Flight Inc

    15 November 2019


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Missoula, Montana.

    5 August 2020


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Missoula, MT.

    5 August 2020


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Missoula, MT.

    4 August 2021

    To Von Pronay Nicolai A, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N763A.

    21 July 2023


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N763A without props at Palmer, AK
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