It's ironic that that this aircraft was painted to depict a military C-47, wearing the faux serial "0795405", displayed outside the 305th Bomb Group Restaurant at Sarasota-Bradenton Airport, FL., as it had no military history being delivered to United Air Lines in 1937 and serving with them until 1954. It was later displayed outside the Air Transport Command Restaurant at New Castle County Airport, DE., but lapsed into dereliction there following its closure and was later donated to the Massey Air Museum at Massey Aerodrome, MD., where it has now been restored to static display condition.

Photographed part-way through a repaint into WW2 USAAF markings.

This civilian DC-3 in fictitious USAF marks with serial 0795405 was parked outside the 306th BG restaurant on the south-western perimeter of KSRQ.

Originally NC18111 with United, and one of the few DC-3s not pressed into service during WW2.

Right-hand door DC-3A delivered new to United Airlines as NC18111 on 21 October 1937, serving them until sale in 1954. Operated by Shawnee Airlines in the mid to late 1970s. Still extant as a restoration project.

Rescued from a precarious location outside a shuttered restaurant at the Wilmington/New Castle Airport (KILG), this early DC-3 is undergoing a slow restoration by volunteers at the Massey Air Museum.