| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N8502X |
| Alternate Serial: | 9064 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-117D (DC-3S) |
| C/n (msn): | 43376 |
| Display Paint: | USA - Marines |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Tucson - Davis-Monthan AFBMap |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KDMA IATA: DMA Local: DMA Other: - |
| Photo Date: | March 1982 |
| Photo by: | Gary Vincent |
| Photo ID: | 605351 |
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Built as 42-24080 (cn 9942) and delivered to the US Navy as bu 39064, this Skytrain was rebuilt as a R4D-8 in 1952. Assigned new cn 43376, it continued with the US Navy and Marines until withdrawn in 1979 and stored. The aircraft is pictured with Desert Air Parts where is was slowly stripped of useful parts. The hulk was last known in the Armair (Aircraft Restoration & Marketing) yard adjacent to Davis-Monthan. This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 24 September 2023, and has since been viewed 513 times. |