AL ROBINSON COLLECTION
No. 5028. Douglas DC-3A-456 Dakota Mk.III (994 c/n 13476) Royal Canadian Air Force
Photographed at Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada, ca. 1959, by Al Robinson

Douglas DC-3A-456 Dakota Mk.III

02/28/2011. Built at the Douglas factory at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, under the designation DC-3A-456, this aircraft was delivered to the USAAF as C-47A-25-DK Skytrain, s/n 42-93552, in 1944. Redesignated Dakota Mk.III it was subsequently transferred to the RAF, with s/n KG659.

After WW II, July 20, 1946, it was transferred to the RCAF and reserialed 994. On October 30, it was struck from the RCAF records as being sold to India, where it was serialed BJ762. Its ultimate fate is unknown.

Created February 15, 2006