| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 43-49336 |
| Alternate Serial: | 3-49336 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas VC-47D Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 26597/15152 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott FieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: TIP Other: - |
| Collection: | Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum |
| Photo Date: | 11 November 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 440784 |
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This C-47 was built as a C-47B-16-DK at Oklahoma City and TOC with the USAF in December 1944. It was converted twice, firstly in September 1954 to a C-47D and then around 1956 an executive interior was fitted to make it a VC-47D. In July 1971 it was transferred to the Chanute Air Force Base Training Center at Rantoul and used as an instructional airframe. It joined this museum in 1993 but was offered for sale as scrap in September 2017, two years after the museum closed. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 19 February 2022, and has since been viewed 158 times. |