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This is a list of surviving Douglas C-47 Skytrain and variant aircraft, including the C-53 Skytrooper, C-117 and R4D.
Airworthy
* 43-49533. LV-BEH, C-47B-15-DK c/n 15349/26794 - ex-Argentine Air Force TC-35, ex-United States Army Air Force 43-49533.
On display
* 41-18539. C-47-DL. CTA-15. At Museo de la Aviacion Naval, Bahia Blanca
*42-23716. C-47A. ' 5-T-22. At Ushuia Aero club.
*43-15499. TA-05, ex-Argentine Air Force, at Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina, Morón, Buenos Aires. Used in flights to Antarctica.Cater & Caballero (IPMS Magazine May 2013)
* 43-48194. C-47A-30-DK c/n 25455/14010, ex-Argentine Air Force T-101, at Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina. Displayed representing presidential transport LQ-GJT ''Independencia'' .
Airworthy
* 44-76764. C-47B. Ex RAAF A65-95. Flying as VH-EAE with HARS Aviation Museum.
*44-76770. C-47B. Ex-RAAF A65-98. Flying as VH-OVM with Melbournes Gooney Bird.
*44-76774. ex-RAAF ''A65-94'', civil registration ''VH-EAF'' – C-47B airworthy in the collection of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society at the Illawarra Regional Airport in New South Wales; in colours it wore while in service with the Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF.
On display
* 41-18646 – C-47 under restoration to static display by Jeff Morgan in Karoonda, South Australia. It was previously displayed at a McDonald's.
* 42-92711. ex-Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Fleet Air Arm (RAN), Fleet Air Arm ''N2-43'' – C-47A modified with extended nose to house a radar system from a de Havilland Sea Venom ; on static display in the Fleet Air Arm Museum (Australia), Fleet Air Arm Museum at naval air station HMAS Albatross (air station), HMAS ''Albatross'' near Nowra, New South Wales.
*42-93009. VH-EAP. Qantas Founders Museum
*42-93199. Painted as VH-EWE. Central Australian Aviation Museum.
*44-49377. ex-Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) ''P2-003'' – C-47B on outdoor display at a pub in the town of Moree, New South Wales
* 44-49379. ex-Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ''A65-64'' – C-47B on display mounted on poles outside the Returned and Services League of Australia, RSL Club premises at Mulwala in New South Wales
* 44-49870. ex-RAAF ''A65-71'' – C-47B in storage at the Treloar Technology Centre of the Australian War Memorial in Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory.
* 44-76345. ex-RAAF ''A65-78'' – C-47B in storage at the RAAF Museum at RAAF Williams in Point Cook, Victoria
*44-76547. ex RAAF A65-86 – C-47B on static display at RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Center in Amberley, Queensland.
* 44-77128. ex-RAAF ''A65-114'' – C-47B on static display at the South Australian Aviation Museum in Port Adelaide, South Australia .
* 45-0957. ex-RAAF ''A65-124'' – C-47B on static display at the Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia), Aviation Heritage Museum in Bull Creek, Western Australia.
* 12913 – CC-129 airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
* 12932 – CC-129 airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
* 12945 – Dakota III airworthy at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario.
* 42-93108 – C-47A airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
* KG563 – Dakota III airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
On Display
* 41-18471 – C-47 on static display at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
* 42-92419 – CC-129 on static display at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Astra, Ontario.
* 42-108960 – C-47A on static display at the Aero Space Museum of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta.
* 44-76590 – Dakota IV on static display at Greenwood Military Aviation Museum in Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
* 48301. On static display at Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum at Manila, Metro Manila.
Airworthy
* 43-30732. Served in the Swedish Air Force as 79006. Today still flying with the society Flygande Veteraner under the name "Daisy"
On Display
* Wreckage of 42-5694 on display at the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping. The plane last served as TP 79 001 in the Swedish Air Force and was shot down over the Baltic Sea by the Soviet Union while on mission to gather Signals intelligence, signal-intelligence for the National Defence Radio Establishment (Sweden) in June 1952. The wreckage was discovered in 2003 and recovered in 2004. Exhibited at the museum since 2010.
*42-32877. on static display in Karlsborg Sweden at the Swedish Airborne Camp. This plane also served in the Swedish Air Force, as 79002, with signal-intelligence, like 79001 above. Today restored as a Swedish Airborne aircraft from the 60s. It participated in all major Allied Parachute Missions from the Invasion of Sicilly July 1943 over the D-day until Operation Market-Garden in Holland September 1944.
* 42-93706. exhibited outside the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping. The aircraft served as TP 79 007 in the Swedish Air Force between 1960 and 1982. After Second World War in civilian service in ''Det Norske Luftselskap'' in Norway until 1948. In Swedish civilian service 1948–1957 with Scandinavian Airlines and 1957–1960 in ''Linjeflyg''.
* 42-24049. On display at a shopping center in Norrtälje, Sweden.
* 42-93096 – National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.
* 42-93168 – Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
* 42-100486 ''Cheeky Charlie'' – Pacific Aviation Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii.
* 42-100828 – Fort Campbell near Clarksville, Tennessee. This airframe was previously operated by the Air Acres Museum in Woodstock, Georgia.
* 42-108798/17096 ''Brass Hat'' – Don F. Pratt Museum at Fort Campbell near Clarksville, Tennessee.
* 42-108808/17106 – Dyess Linear Air Park at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas.
* 43-15510 – Air Commando Park at Hurlburt Field in Mary Esther, Florida. This airframe is painted as an AC-47D.
* 43-15635 ''Old 635'' – National Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Missouri.
* 43-15977 ''Seventh Heaven'' – Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California.
* 43-16130 ''Hi Honey!'' – Barksdale Global Power Museum in Bossier City, Louisiana.
* 43-48098 – Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska.
VC-47A
* 42-93800 – Eagles Air Museum in West Fargo, North Dakota.
C-47B
* 43-48362 – Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
* 43-48415 – Kelly Field Annex in San Antonio, Texas.
* 43-48459 – Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, Ohio.
* 43-48932 – 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
* 43-49206 – Altus Air Force Base near Altus, Oklahoma.
* 43-49270 – Grissom Air Museum in Peru, Indiana.
* 43-49355 – Charleston Air Force Base Air Park in North Charleston, South Carolina.
* 43-49442 – Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins), Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia.
* 43-49526 – Fairchild Air Force Base near Airway Heights, Washington.
* 45-0928 – MAPS Air Museum in North Canton, Ohio.
R4D-6
* 17278 – Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock, Texas.
* 50761 – Charles B. Hall Airpark at Tinker Air Force Base near Midwest City, Oklahoma.
* 50779 – Gunter Annex in Montgomery, Alabama.
* 50793 – Minnesota Air National Guard Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota.
* 150190 – Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station near Niagara Falls, New York. This airframe was previously on display at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia.
VC-47D
* 43-49281 – Hill Aerospace Museum in Roy, Utah.
* 44-76326 – Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama.
* 44-76582 ''Kilroy is Here'' – Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas.
C-47D
* 43-49507 – National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. It is painted as C-47A, 43–15174; an airframe that crashed in Germany on 24 April 1945.
TC-47D
* 44-76502 – McChord Air Museum in Lakewood, Washington.
C-47H
* 42-93127 – South Dakota Air and Space Museum in Box Elder, South Dakota.
C-47K
* 44-76486 – Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin Air Force Base in Valparaiso, Florida. This airframe is painted as an AC-47.
R4D-3
* 5075 – Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, California.
C-53D
* 42-68835 – Aerospace Museum of California in McClellan, California.
C-117C
* 42-108866 – Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas. This airframe was previously on display at the Pate Museum of Transportation in Cresson, Texas.
C-117D
* 50826 – Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
On display (partial airframes)
C-47A
* 43-15912 (Cockpit Only) – San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego, California.
Under restoration or in storage (complete airframes)
C-47A/Dakota III
* KG587 – under restoration to airworthy at Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum in Hillsboro, Oregon.
C-47B
* 43-16141 – in storage at Burlington Air National Guard Base in South Burlington, Vermont.
* 44-76457 – under restoration at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Project in New York, New York.
C-53D
* 42-68710 – under restoration to airworthy with Saving Lulu Belle, Inc. in Fremont, Ohio.
C-53DO
* 41-20130 – under full static restoration at North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC.
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Argentina
Airworthy
* 43-49533. LV-BEH, C-47B-15-DK c/n 15349/26794 - ex-Argentine Air Force TC-35, ex-United States Army Air Force 43-49533.
On display
* 41-18539. C-47-DL. CTA-15. At Museo de la Aviacion Naval, Bahia Blanca
*42-23716. C-47A. ' 5-T-22. At Ushuia Aero club.
*43-15499. TA-05, ex-Argentine Air Force, at Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina, Morón, Buenos Aires. Used in flights to Antarctica.Cater & Caballero (IPMS Magazine May 2013)
* 43-48194. C-47A-30-DK c/n 25455/14010, ex-Argentine Air Force T-101, at Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina. Displayed representing presidential transport LQ-GJT ''Independencia'' .
Austria
On Display * 42-93189. C-47A. N86U. ''Arizona Lady''. First Austrian DC-3 Dakota Club.Australia
Airworthy
* 44-76764. C-47B. Ex RAAF A65-95. Flying as VH-EAE with HARS Aviation Museum.
*44-76770. C-47B. Ex-RAAF A65-98. Flying as VH-OVM with Melbournes Gooney Bird.
*44-76774. ex-RAAF ''A65-94'', civil registration ''VH-EAF'' – C-47B airworthy in the collection of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society at the Illawarra Regional Airport in New South Wales; in colours it wore while in service with the Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF.
On display
* 41-18646 – C-47 under restoration to static display by Jeff Morgan in Karoonda, South Australia. It was previously displayed at a McDonald's.
* 42-92711. ex-Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Fleet Air Arm (RAN), Fleet Air Arm ''N2-43'' – C-47A modified with extended nose to house a radar system from a de Havilland Sea Venom ; on static display in the Fleet Air Arm Museum (Australia), Fleet Air Arm Museum at naval air station HMAS Albatross (air station), HMAS ''Albatross'' near Nowra, New South Wales.
*42-93009. VH-EAP. Qantas Founders Museum
*42-93199. Painted as VH-EWE. Central Australian Aviation Museum.
*44-49377. ex-Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) ''P2-003'' – C-47B on outdoor display at a pub in the town of Moree, New South Wales
* 44-49379. ex-Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ''A65-64'' – C-47B on display mounted on poles outside the Returned and Services League of Australia, RSL Club premises at Mulwala in New South Wales
* 44-49870. ex-RAAF ''A65-71'' – C-47B in storage at the Treloar Technology Centre of the Australian War Memorial in Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory.
* 44-76345. ex-RAAF ''A65-78'' – C-47B in storage at the RAAF Museum at RAAF Williams in Point Cook, Victoria
*44-76547. ex RAAF A65-86 – C-47B on static display at RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Center in Amberley, Queensland.
* 44-77128. ex-RAAF ''A65-114'' – C-47B on static display at the South Australian Aviation Museum in Port Adelaide, South Australia .
* 45-0957. ex-RAAF ''A65-124'' – C-47B on static display at the Aviation Heritage Museum (Western Australia), Aviation Heritage Museum in Bull Creek, Western Australia.
Belgium
On Display * K-16 – C-47B on static display at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels. * K-1 registered as OT-CWA at the Open Air Museum of the 15th Wing next to its former base in Steenokkerzeel/Melsbroek.Brasil
On Display * 43-15495 C-47 B. On Display at Museo Aerospatial. *43-49660. C-47B. Airworthy, in Mococa, São Paulo, reg PP-VBN.Canada
Airworthy
* 12913 – CC-129 airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
* 12932 – CC-129 airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
* 12945 – Dakota III airworthy at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario.
* 42-93108 – C-47A airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
* KG563 – Dakota III airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
On Display
* 41-18471 – C-47 on static display at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta.
* 42-92419 – CC-129 on static display at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Astra, Ontario.
* 42-108960 – C-47A on static display at the Aero Space Museum of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta.
* 44-76590 – Dakota IV on static display at Greenwood Military Aviation Museum in Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
Chile
On Display * 42-93390. C-47A. Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio, Los Cerillos Airport, Santiago. * 43-15692. C-47A. Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio. * 43-48854. C-47A. Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio. On restoration process for display * 43-49697. C-47B-20-DK. Donated to Ricardo Prambs. Osorno, Region de los Lagos.China
Airworthy * 44-77113 – C-47A airworthy with International Air Services of Carson City, Nevada acting as trustee. On display * 42-92709 – C-47A on static display at the Flying Tigers Heritage Park in Guilin, Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang.Colombia
On Display * 42-23324. C-47 A-1-DL. Air Colombia Villavicencio as HK 3293, Crashed and under restoration. * 42-92066. C-47A-DK. HK 3349. On Display at Tiuma Park, Villavicencio. *43-49082. C-47B. Museo Aero Finix, Cali. *FAC667. Colombian Aerospace Museum.Czech Republic
On Display * 41-18342 – C-47 in storage at Air Parc Zruc in Zruč-Senec, Zruč-Senec, Plzeň.Denmark
Airworthy * 43-15553. C-47A-85DL. OY-BPB. Flying with DC-3 Vennerne On Display * 42-23802. C-47A. OY-DDA. Denmarks Tekniske Museum *42-100737. C-47A. K-687. Danmarks flymuseum, Stauning AirportEcuador
On Display * 44-77164. C-47B. Quito Air Force Museum.Ethiopia
On Display * 42-23766. Dakota III. Registered to Ethiopian Airlines as ET-T-1. Is on display in front of Addis Ababa Bole International Airport next to the Ethiopian Airlines headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Finland
Airworthy * 43-2033 – C-53C OH-LCH with Airveteran Oy in Vantaa, Vantaa, Uusimaa (winters at Vaasa Airport). On Display *43-48254 OH-LCF (DO-4) – C-47A at the Finnish Air Force Museum in Tikkakoski, Tikkakoski, Jyväskylä. *42-100846 OH-LCD (DO-8) — C-47A “Lokki” (‘Seagull’) at the Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa, Vantaa, Uusimaa.France
Airworthy * 42-23310. C-47-DL. F-AZTE. France DC 3. *44-77020. C-47B. F-AZOX ''Chalair.'' Un Dakota sur Normandie. Caen-Carpiquet Airport. On Display * 41-18487. C-47A. Lann-Bihoue air base *42-68810. ''Gruesome''. Musee Aeronatique Bretagne *42-92449. C-47A. Musée Air Space. Le Bourget. Marked as 42-100558 *42-93251. C-47A. La Ferte Alais Airfield. Also mentioned as 43-15101 *42-93654. C -47-A. Ailes Anciennes. Toulouse *42-100825. C-47A on static display at the Airborne Museum (Sainte-Mère-Église), Airborne Museum in Sainte-Mère-Église, Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Manche. It is painted as 43-15159 ''The Argonia''. * 43-15073. C-47A on static display at the Merville Gun Battery in Merville-Franceville-Plage, Normandy. Saved from scrappers in Bosnia, she is now completely restored in her 1944 configuration. *44-76229. C-47B On display in Dinard. *44-76420. C-47B. L Epopee de lIndustrie et de lAeronautique, Albert. *44-77047. C-47B D-day Experience Museum. Dead Mans Corner. Saint Come du Mont, Manche. Painted as 42-92717. Used as simulator for visitors. *44-77116. C-47B. , Rochefort-Soubise,Germany
On Display * 41-20058. C-53. Munich Airport. *42-100997. C-47A. Flugausstellung Peter Junior. Heremskeil *43-30729. C-47A. On Display in Fassberg. Painted as 43-15208 *43-48189. C-47A. Auto & Technik Museum. Sinsheim. *43-49081. C-47B. Frankfurt Airport at Berlin Airlift Memorial. *43-49728. /14+01 – C-47B/Dakota IV on static display at the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim in Oberschleißheim, Oberschleißheim, Bavaria. * 43-49866. C-47B. ex-Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) ''A65-69'' – C-47B on static display at the Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow, Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr – Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow (Bundeswehr Museum of Military History – Berlin-Gatow Airfield) at the former RAF Gatow air base in Berlin; presented by the Australian government in 1980 to commemorate RAAF aircrews' role in the Berlin Airlift. *45-0951. C-47B. Berlin Technology Museum.Greece
Airworthy * 43-16008. C-47A. Hellenic Air Force. On Display * 43-48981. C-47B. Converted to a bar, in Athens. *43-48991. C-47A. Hellenic Air Force Museum. Tatoi. *43-49111. C-47B. Hellenic Air Force Museum. Tatoi. *43-49479. C-47B. KK 156. on static display at the Hellenic Air Force Museum located at Tatoi Airport, Dekelia Air Base in Acharnes. *44-76874. C-47B. SX-ECF.Hong Kong
On Display * 41-18385. On display at Hong Kong Science Museum. Ex-Cathay Pacific "''Betsy''", registered VR-HDB. * Unknown. On display outside Cathay City. As substitution for the lost Cathay Pacific "''Niki''".Honduras
On Display * 42-93701. C-47A. Honduran Aviation Museum. * FAH-315. is also reported at Honduran Aviation Museum. Unknown USAAF nr. 41-18696 under restoration 26 June 2024 La Ceiba, Honduras.Hungary
Airworthy * 43-16026. C-47A (or Lisunov Li-2T) as part of Malev Hungarian Airlines, used in various airshows.Iceland
Airworthy * 43-30710. C-47A. with Icelandair livery.India
Airworthy * 44-76488. C-47B. VP 905 - DC-3 part of Indian Air Force's vintage squadron. On Display * 43-15546. C-47A-85-DL airframe with c/n 20012 . Owned by Flytech Aviation Academy and is used for ground training at the Nadirgul airstrip . It was used in India as VT-DTS, and featured in the 1965 Bollywood murder mystery movie ''Gumnaam''. It is featured on postage stamps.Indonesia
On Display * 42-23688. C-47A on display in , South Jakarta, Jakarta. * 42-93424. C-47A on display as RI-001 "Seulawah" in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, East Jakarta, Jakarta. * 43-15157. C-47A on display at Garuda Indonesia HQ, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten. * 45-0965. C-47B on display as RI-001 "Seulawah" in Satriamandala Museum, South Jakarta, Jakarta.Israel
On Display *42-5635. C-47-DL. At Ramon Airport. *44-76505. C-47B. Mitspeh Revivim Museum in the Negev. *44-76975. C-47B-35-DK. At Israeli Air Force Museum at Hatzerim AFB, Beersheba.Italy
On Display * 41-7774. C -47-DL. Museo Storico. *42-92834. C-47A. Parco Tematico dell' Aviazione. Rimini *42-100731. MM61776 - C47B on static display at Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle *43-48983. C-47B on static display at Volandia in Somma Lombardo, Somma Lombardo, Varese.Malta
On Display * 43-15762 – C-47A in storage at the Malta Aviation Museum in Ta' Qali, Ta' Qali, Attard. * 44-76603 – C-47B under restoration at the Malta Aviation Museum in Ta' Qali, Attard.Netherlands
Airworthy *44-19434 / 42-100971. C-47A ''Prinses Amalia'' in operation, part of the Dutch Dakota Association fleet. On Display *42-23974. C-47A. ''De Vliegende Hollander'' . At Avidrome museum, Lelystad. *43-2022. C-53C. ''Darlin Dorien''. Wings of Liberation Museum. Painted as '290321', which could be read as a military serial (''42-90321''), but reflects the owner's birthday. *43-15288. C-47A. At Avidrome museum, Lelystad. Under restoration to flying condition as PH-DDZ ''Doornroosje''. *43-15652. T-443 – ex-RDAF ''K-688, c/n 20118 - C-47B on display at the Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg . *44-76634. C-47B. At Avidrome museum, Lelystad. *44-76900. C-47B. On Display at Madurodam.New Zealand
Airworthy * 43-49219. C-47B-10-DK. ZK-DAK. NZ Warbirds DC-3 Syndicate, Ardmore Airport (New Zealand), Ardmore Airport. * 44-76803. C-47B. ZK-AWP. Air Chathams. On Display * 42-93410. ex-US Navy ''BuNo 17221'' – LC-47H on static display in the collection of the Ferrymead Aeronautical Society at the Ferrymead Heritage Park in Christchurch. * 42-93579. C-47A. ZK-AMY. Formerly owned by Southern DC-3 trust. At Ashburton, New Zealand, Ashburton Aviation Museum. * 42-100460 – C-47A on static display at a McDonald's in Taupō. * 43-15585. C-47A. ZK-BYF. Gisborne, New Zealand, Gisborne Aviation Museum. * 44-76983. C-47B-35DK. ZK-BQK. Former RNZAF NZ3544 1945–1952, written off, sold by tender to National Airways Corporation of NZ and rebuilt. In service 1956–1969. Leased to Polynesian Airways as 5W-FAH 1969–1970. Presented to the Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) by NAC 1973. Presented in NAC Skyliner colours. * 45-0960. C-47B. NZ3551 – C-47B on static display at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand in Christchurch.Norway
Airworthy * 42-68823 C-53D-DO. ''Little Egypt.'' Flying with Dakota Norway. On Display * 42-93797. C-47A-25-DK. Flysamlingen Forsvarets museum, Oslo.Pakistan
* 41-18470. On display as coffee shop at Shangrila Resort, Skardu.Philippines
* 48301. On static display at Philippine Air Force Aerospace Museum at Manila, Metro Manila.
Portugal
On Display * 43-15037. C-47A. Museo Do Air. Lisabon. *43-15289. C-47A Museo D ar. Sintra.Russia
Airworthy * 42-24173. C-47A. N12BA.Serbia
On Display * 44-76888 – C-47B on static display at the Aeronautical Museum Belgrade in Surčin, Surčin, Belgrade.Slovenia
On Display * 43-48199. C-47A. On Display in Otok, Metlika.South Africa
* 6832 – Dakota IIIA on display at the South African Air Force Museum at Air Force Base Ysterplaat. * 6859 – C-47 on display at the South African Air Force Museum at Air Force Base Swartkop.South Korea
On Display * 42-93704. C-47A. Korean Aerospace Industry Museum *43-15737. C-47A. Inha University. Incheon.Spain
On Display * 41-18417. C-47-DL. At Son Bonet Airport. Mallorca *43-16134. C-47B. Museo de Aeronautica, Madrid *45-1091. C-47B. Malaga Aeronautico Museum. Painted as Iberia. *43-49719. C-47B. Served in the United States Air Force, USAF, Royal Air Force, RAF and in several airlines. On display at the Sabadell Airport, Aeronautical Museum of Catalonia (Sabadell Airport).Sri Lanka
On Display * 43-48203. C-47A. Sri Lanka Air Force Museum.Sweden
Airworthy
* 43-30732. Served in the Swedish Air Force as 79006. Today still flying with the society Flygande Veteraner under the name "Daisy"
On Display
* Wreckage of 42-5694 on display at the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping. The plane last served as TP 79 001 in the Swedish Air Force and was shot down over the Baltic Sea by the Soviet Union while on mission to gather Signals intelligence, signal-intelligence for the National Defence Radio Establishment (Sweden) in June 1952. The wreckage was discovered in 2003 and recovered in 2004. Exhibited at the museum since 2010.
*42-32877. on static display in Karlsborg Sweden at the Swedish Airborne Camp. This plane also served in the Swedish Air Force, as 79002, with signal-intelligence, like 79001 above. Today restored as a Swedish Airborne aircraft from the 60s. It participated in all major Allied Parachute Missions from the Invasion of Sicilly July 1943 over the D-day until Operation Market-Garden in Holland September 1944.
* 42-93706. exhibited outside the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping. The aircraft served as TP 79 007 in the Swedish Air Force between 1960 and 1982. After Second World War in civilian service in ''Det Norske Luftselskap'' in Norway until 1948. In Swedish civilian service 1948–1957 with Scandinavian Airlines and 1957–1960 in ''Linjeflyg''.
* 42-24049. On display at a shopping center in Norrtälje, Sweden.
Switzerland
Airworthy * 41-18401. C-47-DL. Painted as 43-15087. N 150 D. Owned by Hugo Mathys. *41-18542. (or 18541, not confirmed info) C-47-DL. HB-ISB. ''Classic air.'' Operated by Classic Air. *42-24133. C-47A-45DL. NH 431 HM. Painted as Swissair. Owned by Hugo Mathys. On Display * 44-77061. C-47B. Swiss Museum of transport.Taiwan
On Display * 42-93674. C-47A. At Chung Cheng Aviation Museum. Museum is closed. Removed to an airbase.Thailand
On Display * 42-92972 C-47A. Hope International Rehabilitation Centre, Si Racha. * 42-108840 C-47A. At Royal Thai Air Force Museum, Chiang Mai Air Force Museum. * 43-49213 C-47B. On U-Tapao Beach near U-Tapao International Airport. * 43-49703 EC-47P. Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Royal Garden Plaza mall, Pattaya. * 43-49919 C-47A. The Camp Flea Market, Bangkok.Turkey
On Display * 42-100510. C-47A. Anadolu University Vecihi Hürkuş Aviation Park *43-49195. C-47A. At Istanbul Air Force Museum. * 43-15063. C-47A. Ankara Aviation Museum.United Kingdom
Airworthy * 40-0070. C-41-A. N 341A. Aerotechnics Aviation Inc, Tewkesbury. *42-24338/ZA947 – C-47A/Dakota 3 During the Second World War this aircraft served entirely in Canada. It is airworthy and forms part of the BBMF. It was originally given the serial number KG661 and served with the Royal Aircraft Establishment, but in the late 1970s it was realised that the serial number KG661 had, in fact, previously been allocated to another Dakota which had been destroyed in an accident. The error was reported and in July 1979 the Dakota was allocated the 'modern' serial ZA947, which explains why this serial does not match the age or era of the aircraft. *42-100882. C-47A. ''Drag em oot''. Aero Legends UK. *42-100884. C-47A. ''Mayfly.'' Flying with Aces High *43-49308. C-47B. G-AMPY. RVL Aviation. *44-77104. C-47B. G-ANAF. RVL Aviation. On Display * 42-92648. Just a part of the body, at RAF Museum, London. *42-100521. ''Night Fright''. Under restoration. *43-15509. Imperial War Museum Duxford, Imperial War Museum. Duxford *43-49240. C-47B. ''Lilly Belle 2''. Wings Museum, Balcombe. With Nose from 42 to 100611. Without Wings. *44-76384/KN353 – C-47B/Dakota IV on display in taxiable condition at the Yorkshire Air Museum in Elvington, City of York, Elvington, York. * 44-77003/KN645 – C-47B/Dakota IV on static display at the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford in Cosford, Shropshire. *44-77087. C-47B. Colchester Garrison, Merville Barracks, Colchester.United States
Airworthy C-47 * 42-32832 ''Sky King'' – Mid America Flight Museum in Mount Pleasant, Texas. C-47A/Dakota III * 42-23518 ''Old Number 30'' – Airbase Arizona of the Commemorative Air Force in Mesa, Arizona. * 42-23668 – Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California. * 42-92277/FL633 – WWII Airborne Demonstration Team in Frederick, Oklahoma. * 42-92847 ''That's All---Brother'' – restored to airworthy status at Basler Turbo Conversions in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; for the Commemorative Air Force. This airframe was the lead aircraft, after the Pathfinders, for the Normandy landings, D-Day invasion and took its first flight in many years on 31 January 2018. * 42-100591 ''Tico Belle'' – Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum in Titusville, Florida. * 42-100857 – Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. * 42-100931 ''Flagship Orange County'' – Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California. This airframe is painted in a civilian scheme. * 43-15211 – Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida. * 43-15679 – War Eagles Air Museum in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. This airframe is painted in a civilian scheme. * 43-15731 – Museum of Mountain Flying in Missoula, Montana. * 43-30652 ''Whiskey 7'' – National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York. This aircraft was a lead plane in Mission Boston during the airborne invasion of Normandy during D-Day. * 43-48080 – Avionics Engineering Center of Ohio University in Albany, Ohio. It is painted in a civilian scheme. C-47B/R4D-6 * 43-48608 ''Betsy's Biscuit Bomber'' – Estrella Warbirds Museum in Paso Robles, California. * 43-48716 ''Luck of the Irish'' – Air Heritage Aviation Museum in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. * 50783 ''Ready 4 Duty'' – Dallas/Fort Worth Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in Lancaster, Texas. * 50819 – Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania. * 50829 – Fargo Air Museum in Fargo, North Dakota. * 44-76423 ''What's Up Doc?'' – Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California, Palm Springs, California. * 44-76717 ''Second Chance'' – American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, New York. * 44-76791 ''Willa Dean'' – Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California. TC-47D * 44-76716 – Yankee Air Museum in Belleville, Michigan. TC-47K * 99854 ''Black Sparrow'' – Basler Turbo Conversions in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Formerly operated by the Headquarters Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force. C-53D * 41-20095 ''Beach City Baby'' – This airframe was previously used by the state of Ohio as the governor's aircraft before being put on display at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The Aircraft underwent a lengthy restoration in Franklin, Pennsylvania before making its first post-restoration flight on May 14, 2022 and has since joined the airshow circuit. * 42-68830 ''D-Day Doll'' – Inland Empire Wing of the Commemorative Air Force in Riverside, California. On display (complete airframes) C-47 * 41-7723 – Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona. * 41-18482 – Museum of Alaska Transportation & Industry in Wasilla, Alaska. C-47A/R4D-5 * 17217 – Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum in Pueblo, Colorado. * 42-23414 – Stonehenge Air Museum in Fortine, Montana. * 42-92838 – Joe B. Barnes Regional Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. * 42-92841 ''Turf and Sport Special'' – Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, Delaware. * 42-92990 ''Okie Dokie'' – Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center in Fairfield, California.
* 42-93096 – National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.
* 42-93168 – Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
* 42-100486 ''Cheeky Charlie'' – Pacific Aviation Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii.
* 42-100828 – Fort Campbell near Clarksville, Tennessee. This airframe was previously operated by the Air Acres Museum in Woodstock, Georgia.
* 42-108798/17096 ''Brass Hat'' – Don F. Pratt Museum at Fort Campbell near Clarksville, Tennessee.
* 42-108808/17106 – Dyess Linear Air Park at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas.
* 43-15510 – Air Commando Park at Hurlburt Field in Mary Esther, Florida. This airframe is painted as an AC-47D.
* 43-15635 ''Old 635'' – National Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, Missouri.
* 43-15977 ''Seventh Heaven'' – Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California.
* 43-16130 ''Hi Honey!'' – Barksdale Global Power Museum in Bossier City, Louisiana.
* 43-48098 – Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska.
VC-47A
* 42-93800 – Eagles Air Museum in West Fargo, North Dakota.
C-47B
* 43-48362 – Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
* 43-48415 – Kelly Field Annex in San Antonio, Texas.
* 43-48459 – Champaign Aviation Museum in Urbana, Ohio.
* 43-48932 – 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
* 43-49206 – Altus Air Force Base near Altus, Oklahoma.
* 43-49270 – Grissom Air Museum in Peru, Indiana.
* 43-49355 – Charleston Air Force Base Air Park in North Charleston, South Carolina.
* 43-49442 – Museum of Aviation (Warner Robins), Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia.
* 43-49526 – Fairchild Air Force Base near Airway Heights, Washington.
* 45-0928 – MAPS Air Museum in North Canton, Ohio.
R4D-6
* 17278 – Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock, Texas.
* 50761 – Charles B. Hall Airpark at Tinker Air Force Base near Midwest City, Oklahoma.
* 50779 – Gunter Annex in Montgomery, Alabama.
* 50793 – Minnesota Air National Guard Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota.
* 150190 – Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station near Niagara Falls, New York. This airframe was previously on display at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia.
VC-47D
* 43-49281 – Hill Aerospace Museum in Roy, Utah.
* 44-76326 – Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama.
* 44-76582 ''Kilroy is Here'' – Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas.
C-47D
* 43-49507 – National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. It is painted as C-47A, 43–15174; an airframe that crashed in Germany on 24 April 1945.
TC-47D
* 44-76502 – McChord Air Museum in Lakewood, Washington.
C-47H
* 42-93127 – South Dakota Air and Space Museum in Box Elder, South Dakota.
C-47K
* 44-76486 – Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin Air Force Base in Valparaiso, Florida. This airframe is painted as an AC-47.
R4D-3
* 5075 – Museum of Flying in Santa Monica, California.
C-53D
* 42-68835 – Aerospace Museum of California in McClellan, California.
C-117C
* 42-108866 – Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas. This airframe was previously on display at the Pate Museum of Transportation in Cresson, Texas.
C-117D
* 50826 – Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
On display (partial airframes)
C-47A
* 43-15912 (Cockpit Only) – San Diego Air & Space Museum in San Diego, California.
Under restoration or in storage (complete airframes)
C-47A/Dakota III
* KG587 – under restoration to airworthy at Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum in Hillsboro, Oregon.
C-47B
* 43-16141 – in storage at Burlington Air National Guard Base in South Burlington, Vermont.
* 44-76457 – under restoration at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Project in New York, New York.
C-53D
* 42-68710 – under restoration to airworthy with Saving Lulu Belle, Inc. in Fremont, Ohio.
C-53DO
* 41-20130 – under full static restoration at North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC.
Uruguay
On Display * 42-100768 – C-47A on static display at the Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones. * 44-77060 – C-47B on static display at the Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones.References
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