Aircraft Photo of N151ZE / 50783 | Douglas SC-47J Skytrain | Confederate Air Force | USA - Navy | AirHistory.net #411002
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N151ZE
Alternate Serial:50783
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas SC-47J Skytrain
C/n (msn):26408/14963
Operator Titles:Confederate Air Force
Display Paint:USA - Navy
Aircraft Name:Ready 4 Duty
Location
City / Airport:Bossier City - Barksdale AFBMap
Region / Country:Louisiana, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KBAD   IATA: BAD   Local: BAD   Other: -
Event:Barksdale Open House 1991
 
Photo Date:28 April 1991
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 411002
Photo Comment

Ordered by the USAAF as C-47B 43-49147 but delivered to the US Navy as 50783 in 1944. Modified to an R4D-6S in 1953. To the US Department of Agriculture as N151Z in 1957. To Florida Department as Forestry as N151ZL in 1976 then N151ZE in 1980. To the Confederate Air Force as N151ZE in 1983. Renamed to the Commemorative Air Force in 2002. Still current on the register in 2021.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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