In the storage area at MASDC. A row of former USAF C-47's.

Preserved at Heroico Colegio Militar México-Cuernavaca Km. 22, San Pedro Mártir, Tlalpan, Ciudad de México

Identity unknown

The Israeli Air Force base at Tel Nof near Rehovot had a number of preserved aircraft on display inside the main gate to the base including this Douglas C-47 wearing the serial number 59. A number of the aircraft at Tel Nof were later moved to the IAF Museum at Hatzerim AFB. The version and actual ID of this C-47 is not known as well as its current status. It does not appear on recent lists of preserved IAF C-47s.

The Dakota is operated by Rico Taxi Aereo and is captured at Rio de Janeiro Campo dos Afonsos. This is the former PP-CDM, N69031, 41-38734. FAB C-47 2024 can be seen in the background.

This aircraft was reserialled TTD-6023 and then TED-6023. It is now preserved in Mexico City, but its identity remains unknown.

The identity of this C-47, of which the remains were noted dumped at the airfield of Bogota in the 1990s, remains unknown. Possibly c/n 9923 ex-USAAF 42-24061 which went to Colombia in 1949.

This Israeli Skytrain carries a serial on the rear fuselage, just right of the roundel. Unfortunately it is partly hidden behind a taped cloth, and the remaining numbers are very hard to read. Close examination of the original photo appears to show a "4" to the left of the cover cloth, and "28" to the right of it. Only one Israeli C-47 is known to match this, namely 4X-528 which was reported in the UK in 1954/1955 on delivery to Israel. This photo may have been taken during that delivery flight. No c/n is known for this 4X-528, and all in all the identification of the aircraft in this photo remains highly uncertain.

Taken at Madrid during a major overhaul. Identity unknown. It is not c/n 19125, which was not delivered until June 2000.

Delivered in 1947 as 652. later to 1652. Still there in 2014. Possibly c/n 17029/34294 ex USAAF 45-1026 which went to Colombia in 1947.

Identity unknown. Later preserved at Madrid. It is not c/n 19125 which was a BT-67 FAC1670 (ex N40359), not delivered until June 2000.

In the military dump area. Possibly c/n 9923 ex-USAAF 42-24061 which went to Colombia in 1949.

This is one of two DC-3s on display at the parachute jumping base of the Escuela de Fuerzas Especiales No.9 (hence the "EFE-9" on the fin), along the Pan-American highway north of Latacunga. Unfortunately neither aircraft could be positively identified because all data plates had been removed. This one is fitted with regular C-47 cargo doors on the other side. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)

Little is known about this propliner. The 3403 once flew with Comando de Fuerzas Especiales within the Fuerza Aérea de República Dominicana. The Dakota most probably flew with the Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana in the sixties. The aircraft is now preserved within the special forces component area at San Isidro near the capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo.

Strange looking fake engines and props! This is one of two DC-3s on display at the parachute jumping base of the Escuela de Fuerzas Especiales No.9 (hence the "EFE-9" on the fin), along the Pan-American highway north of Latacunga. Unfortunately neither aircraft could be positively identified because all data plates had been removed. This one is fitted with regular C-47 cargo doors on the other side. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)

Stored at the base of "Fuerzas Especiales No-9", close to Latacunga. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S).

One of two DC-3s on display at the parachute jumping base of the Escuela de Fuerzas Especiales No.9 (hence the "EFE-9" on the fin), along the Pan-American highway north of Latacunga. Note the missing engines and very fake props. A photo of the other DC-3 can be found here. Unfortunately neither aircraft could be positively identified because all data plates had been removed. This one is fitted with regular C-47 cargo doors on the other side. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)

On display at the parachute jumping base of the Escuela de Fuerzas Especiales No.9, along the Pan-American highway north of Latacunga. Data plates had been removed unfortunately. (Nikon D610 + Nikkor 18-35mm f/3.5-4.5G ED AF-S)

Ever since shooting this Dak, I have been keenly searching for a c/n, but it is still unknown (same goes for A-9036 behind) despite the arrival of the magnificently detailed Air Britain 70 years DC-3 book some years ago