| | This plane was built as C-47A 43-15255 and delivered to the USAAF on 2/25/44. It was assigned to the European Theater of operations, being assigned to the U.S. 9th Air Force on 4/14/44. On 9/25/45 the plane went to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and on 12/8/46 it was registered as NC21919 with Miami Airlines. At this time the plane was converted to DC-3C-S1C3G standards. On 3/22/47 it was further converted to DC-3C standard. On 4/27/52 the plane was flown to Remmert-Werner, Inc in St. Louis for engine conversion to more powerful R-1830-94. The aircraft was then registered as CF-ICU on 4/22/55, with Arctic Wings of Ottawa. Over the next few years it changed hands at least three times, and on an unknown date it was exported to Israel. In June 1967 it was ferried from Tel Aviv to Cambridge, England, and then on 3/27/69 it was delivered to Englert Aviation Enterprises as N19721, and by August it was with Williams Bros. of Tulsa, OK. With more changes of hands, and even a lease in 1976 to Federal Express, the plane was placed in storage in Springfield, MO in June 1987. (from Arthur Pearcy’s 1988 “Douglas DC-3 Survivors”) The aircraft was seen in June 2010 at the Vintage Flying Museum, Ft. Worth, TX, with no wings or tail pieces. |
by Zane Adams @ FTW