Delivered to the USAAF as 45-964 then to the RNZAF as NZ3556 in 1945. To NZNAC as ZK-APK in 1947. Leased to Fiji Airways for a few months and returned as ZK-APK in 1967. To other airports after 1968. Stored at Palmerston North from 1981. Preserved at Mangaweka from 1986. Moved to Shannon, NZ for restoration in 2021.

ZK-APK after being "demobbed" from the RNZAF and before entering service with NZ Nnational Airways Corporation. APK still exists 30 years after its final flight having been used as a cafe and tourist attraction. It was last reported at Shannon, NZ, being renovated. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

This C-47 is in use as a cafe / restaurant near the village of Mangaweka. To promote Cookie Time, a well known local producer of delicious cookies, the Douglas is painted in the colours of "Cookie Air".