12 Apr 44: TOS USAAF as C-47A 42-93127. 14 Apr 44: TOS USN as R4D-5 17193, to Naval Air Transport Service. August/44: VR-1, NAS Norfolk, VA. August/45: VR-9, NAS Agana, Guam. September/45: VR-1. March/46: Navy Electronics Project, NAS Charleston, SC. March/48: Electronics Test, NAS Patuxent River, MD. July/62: Redesignated C-47H. Ca.1964: Department of the Navy as N6517C, for use by CAA Flight Check. June/78: Department of Agriculture with c/r N226GB. Ca.1983: South Dakota Air & Space Museum.

12 Apr 44: TOS USAAF as C-47A 42-93127. 14 Apr 44: TOS USN as R4D-5 17193, to Naval Air Transport Service. August/44: VR-1, NAS Norfolk, VA. August/45: VR-9, NAS Agana, Guam. September/45: VR-1. March/46: Navy Electronics Project, NAS Charleston, SC. March/48: Electronics Test, NAS Patuxent River, MD. July/62: Redesignated C-47H. Ca.1964: Department of the Navy as N6517C, for use by CAA Flight Check. June/78: Department of Agriculture with c/r N226GB. Ca.1983: South Dakota Air & Space Museum.

Now looking much better than when I saw her in 2015. Marked up as a D-Day C-47, she was originally built for the USAAF as TC-47B-35-DK s/n 44-76884, transferred to the US Navy as R4D-7 BuNo 99838. The real 42-100558 went to Uruguay, is now preserved there as 510, and can be seen elsewhere on this site.

27 Mar 44: TOS USAAF. April/44: North African Wing, Transport Command. August/45: Returned to USA. June/46: RFC. November/46: West Coast Airlines, with c/r NC44587. April/62: leased to Pacific Western Airlines with c/r CF-ONH. August/63: Returned to West Coast Airlines and c/r N44857. Ca.1966: Air West. January/69: Operated by Aerodyne Corporation, Renton, WA. April/69: Owned by Aerodyne. January/88: Salair Inc Air Cargo, Seattle, WA with c/r N353SA. January/92: R.F. Aircraft Services Inc, Olympia, WA with c/r N44587. December/97: Alta Leasing Inc, Salt Lake City, UT. By 2000: Desert Air Transport, Anchorage, AK.

27 Mar 44: TOS USAAF. 4/44: North African Wing, Transport Command. 8/45: Returned to USA. 6/46: RFC. 11/46: West Coast Airlines, with c/r NC44587. 4/62: leased to Pacific Western Airlines with c/r CF-ONH. 8/63: Returned to West Coast Airlines and c/r N44857. Ca.1966: Air West. 1/69: Operated by Aerodyne Corporation, Renton, WA. 4/69: Owned by Aerodyne. 1/88: Salair Inc Air Cargo, Seattle, WA with c/r N353SA.1/92: R.F. Aircraft Services Inc, Olympia, WA with c/r N44587. 12/97: Alta Leasing Inc, Salt Lake City, UT. By 2000: Desert Air Transport, Anchorage, AK.

I have not been able to establish with certainty which aircraft this cockpit section came from, nor have I seen other images of it. The livery on the aft part appears to be that of Florida-based Missionary Flights International and ties in with the style used on N2401, which was damged in a hurricane and broken up in Florida. The nose section of N2401 was then used to repair C-47A 42-24049 at Norrtälje, Sweden, the nose section of which was corroded.

Built as 42-23706, to West Coast Airlines as NC44585 in 1947, merged into Air West in August 1967 and to Aerodyne in April 1969. To E-Systems of Greenville Texas in February 1985 and subsequently to El Salvador. Withdrawn from use by 1999 and stored at Ilopango for many years, still believed present as recently as 2019.

Delivered to the RAN in February 1949, this C-47 was ex 42-92711 and served with 851 Sqdn, fitted out as a flying classroom to train Sea Venom and Gannet observers. The extended nose carried A117 and ASV radar. After 3181 hours accumulated, it was withdrawn from use in 1970 and allocated to the Museum in 1976

Staging through on a ferry flight to the USA for maintenance with Basler.

Later registered as N843MB; acquired by Basler Turbo Conversions but, as yet, not used in the BT-67 programme.