(LV-ABG), Douglas DC-3C c/n 9145

(LV-ABG), Douglas DC-3C c/n 9145
 - Construido como (C-47-DL Skytrain) 
42-32919, USAAF Mar 08, 1943
 - 53rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Pope Field, Fort Bragg, NC. Morrison Field, West Palm Beach, FL 30Apr43.
 - Ferried overseas via the South Atlantic/African route departing Morrison Field May43. Routed via Borinquen Field, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British Guyana; Val de Caes Field, Belém, Brazil; Panamirim Field, Natal, Brazil; Ascension Island; Accra, Gold Coast; Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco. Oran, Algeria 12May43.
 - Twelfth Air Force, Lourmel, Oran, Algeria. Kairouan, Tunisia 21Jun43.
 - Licata, Sicily 1Sep43.
 - Sciacca, Sicily 6Oct43.
 - Ferried to England departing Sciacca 12Feb44. Routed via Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco; Valley (Station 568), Anglesey, Wales; Barkston Heath (Station 483) 18Feb44.
 - Ninth Air Force.  - 61st Troop Carrier Group, UK 20.02.44
 - Mission Boston, Serial 25 (#52 Northcott). Transported paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on D-Day Invasions, 06Jun44.
 - Returned to USA Jul 15, 1945
 - Stored Jul 23, 1945
 - To RFC Oct 31, 1945.
NC65284, Executive Transport Corporation, Grand Prairie (Texas)
 - convertido de C-47-DL Skytrain a DC-3C por Douglas Aircraft en 1946.
(LV-ABG), Compañía Argentina de Aeronavegación Dodero SA. NTU. 1946
ZS-BWZ, Suidair International 28.10.47
 - Mercury Aviation Service (Pty) 11.47).
 - sMalta 10.05.48
 - sBlackbushe Airport 00.00.49.
[W/O] - Crashed Wadi Halfa, Khartoum, Sudan Oct 12, 1948.

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