Ordered by the USAAF as C-47A 42-93412 but delivered to the US Navy as R4D-5 17223 in 1944. To N9577C in 1956 then to the French Navy as 17223 in 1964. To Basler Flight Services as N96BF in 1985. Converted to BT-67 #5 in 1989. Crashed in the Central African Republic in 1994. Photographer unknown

Ex French AF 23, YU-ACA, US Navy 17223, USAAF 42-93412. Written off on 15 December 1994 taking off from Lobito Airport, Central African Republic while on a Red Cross flight to Angola.

Ordered by the USAAF as C-47A 42-93412 but delivered to the US Navy as R4D-5 17223 in 1944. To N9577C in 1956 then to the French Navy as 17223 in 1964. To Basler Flight Services as N96BF in 1985. Converted to BT-67 #5 in 1989. Crashed in the Central African Republic in 1994.

This aircraft was the last of 61 Reims / Cessna 337 TBGs built. Spectrum Aircraft modified it by replacing the two piston engines with a single rear mounted Pratt & Whitney PT-6 turbo prop, lengthening the cabin ahead of the wing and a new extended cargo nose. Registered N15SA, the Spectrum SA-550 Spectrum-One first flew on February 1, 1983. Planned certification the following year did not happen and the aircraft was acquired by Basler Flight Services in 1992 who renamed it Basler Turbo 37. Further modifications increased the Max weight to 5,952 lb (2,700 kg), but no sales followed.

Basler showed off its PT-6 powered DC-3 conversion at the 1992 Oshkosh Airshow. Oshkosh is Basler's home base.