Built as 44-76616, delivered to the RAF in 1945 as KN472 and to the South African Air Force later the same year as 6868. Converted to DC3-65TP status in 1995 and sold to Dodson Aviation in July 1998 as N194RD becoming ZS-OIR in November 1998 and returning to N194RD in August 1999. The evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization Samaritans Purse bought the aircraft in August 2001.