Aircraft Photo of N226GB | Douglas C-47H Skytrain | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #361658
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N226GB
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47H Skytrain
C/n (msn):13004
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Rapid City - Ellsworth AFBMap
Region / Country:South Dakota, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KRCA   IATA: RCA   Local: RCA   Other: -
Collection:South Dakota Air and Space Museum
 
Photo Date:25 August 2000
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 361658
Photo Comment

Built for the USAAF as C-47A 42-93127 and transferred to the US Navy as R4D-5 17193 in 1944. To N6517C in 1959. Redesignated as a C-47H in 1962. Reregistered as N55 in1966, N67 in 1973 and to the US Department of Agriculture as N226GB in 1978. Preserved at South Dakota Air and Space Museum from 1987.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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