Navy Serial Number Search Results

116729 ... 117728
Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat
cancelled contract

17092 ... 17248 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas R4D-5 
C-47A-DKs transferred to Navy from USAAF.  Redesignated C-47H in 1962. 
17092 (MSN 11788/43381) ex USAAF 42-108794.  Delivered to US Navy May 14, 1943.  Assigned to VMR-352 in Aug 1944. 
Assigned to MAG-9 in Dec 1944. Assigned to MAG-51 in Mar 1945. Assigned to NAS Corpus Christi, TX in 
Jun 1945. Assigned to MAG-15 in Mar 1946. Assigned to CASU-44 in Aug 1946. Assigned to FASRON 118 
in October 1946. Assigned to Kwajalein in November 1946. Assigned to FASRON 11 in June 1947. 
Assigned to NAS San Diego in July 1947. Assigned to NAS Columbus, OH in Oct 1947. Assigned to NAS 
Litchfield Park, AZ for storage in Apr 1948.  Converted to R4D-8 and assigned new Douglas s/n 43381
Assigned to VX-6 as LC-117D in Nov 1966. Named "Would you Believe".  Returned to US in January 1968 
and stored at Davis Monthan AFB.   Sold without engines on 30 Oct 74
Bought by Basler Turbo Conversions as possible Basler Turbo-67 DC-3 conversion
Registration N110BF assigned  Jun 12, 2000, ntu, cancelled Jul 11, 2013.
Sold to DMI Aviation in early 2002.  Currently for sale by DMI Aviation, Tucson, AZ minus engines, 
avionics and interior.  DMI, or Dross Metals as it was more usually referred to, is now called 
ARM [Aircraft Restoration and Marketing].
17093 (MSN 11798) ex USAAF 42-108795.  To US Navy May 25, 1943.  VMR-352 Aug 1944.  MAW-9 Dec 9, 1944.
NATS Inyokern May 1945.  Quonset Point Oct 1946.  Nart Grossse Isle Mar 1947.   Aborted landing.  SOC Sep 30, 1949
17094 (MSN 11808) ex USAAF 42-108796.  To US Navy Jun 2, 1943.  - xx - VMR 352 Marines Aug44 - MAW-9
Dec 1944 MAG-41 Mar 1945 - Corpus Christi Dec 20, 1945 - Quonset Point May 1946 - Coco Solo Nov 1946 - VX-2 
Chincoteague Jan 1947 to Jul 1948 (R4D-5R)- xx - N7232C - N39 US Navy Dept - FAA 01Aug66 - N39AH US Dept of 
Agriculture registered Oct 8,1976 - N239GB USDA May 1977 - Southern Illinois Univ Board of Trustees, Carbondale, IL 
registered Mar 19, 1980 - Tumbleson Piper of St. Louis I, E. Alton, MO, registered Aug 16, 1982 - Air Inst. Svce Inc 
bought Sep 17, 1982 Eagle Acft of Hammond Inc, Hammond, LA R May83 - D H Sneed, Apopka, FL registered Nov 1983.
To civil registry as HK-3220.
17095 (MSN 11818) ex USAAF 42-108797.  To US Navy Aug 1944 with VMR-152.  MAG-15 Oct 1945.  Jacksonville Feb 1946.  Surplus
17096 (MSN 11828) ex USAAF 42-108798.  To US Navy Jul 6, 1943.  To VMR-152 Aug 1944.  Corpus Christi Oct 1945.  M 33 Sep 1946.
San Diego Mar 1948.  Columbus Apr 1948.  San Diego Aug 1948. xx.  Anacostia.   xx.  "6G 096" US Army 1967
17097 (MSN 11838) ex USAAF 42-108799.  To US Navy Jul 3, 1943. VR-7 Aug 1944.  VR-3 Jun 1945.  Corpus Christi Nov 1945.
VR-3 Dec 1945.  Jacksonville Jun 1946.  NART Oakland Jan 31, 1947 to Aug 1948.   Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43371.  
Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.
17098 (MSN 11848) ex USAAF 42-108800.  Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43340.
17099 (MSN 11858) ex USAAF 42-108801.  To US Navy Aug 6, 1943.  - xx - TTF Clinton Aug44 - Jacksonville
Dec 1944 OTU VB-42 Feb 1945 - Jacksonville May 1945 - OTU VB42 Aug 1945 - Whiting Dec 1945 - ATU VB-44 Jan 1946 ATU
VP-NL12 Dec 1946 - Whiting Jan 1947 - Quonset Point Oct 1947 - Jacksonville Apr 1948 - xx - R4D-5S "4M-099" (1%0) - xx -
SC-47H - Stored Litchfield Pk (Jul 1964).
17100 (MSN 11868) ex USAAF 42-108802.  To US Navy Aug 13, 1943.  xx.  VR-5 Aug 1944.  VR-4 Feb 1945. SOC Feb 28, 1946
17101 (MSN 11878) ex USAAF 42-108803.  To uS Navy Aug 19, 1943.  VR-1 Aug 1944.  Corpus Christi Apr 1945.  VR-1 Aug 1945.
Quonset Point Jun 1946.  Project Hi-Jump Dec 1946.  Abandoned in Antarctic and sank.  SOC Apr 30, 1947
17102 (MSN 11888) ex USAAF 42-108804.  to US Navy Aug 26, 1943.  VMR-153 Aug 1944.  Corpus Christi Oct 1945.  San Diego Apr 20, 1946.
FAW-14 Apr 25, 1946.  Comfair WC San Diego Jun 1946.  Fasron-I 10, Comfair WC Oct 31, 1946.  VRU-3 Dec 1946.  San Diego
Mar 1948.  Columbus Apr 1948.  Cherry Point Aug 1948.  Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43330.  
Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.  Displayed at Aircraft Restoration and Marketing scrapyard, Tucson, AZ.  Last seen
there May 2015.
17103 (MSN 11898) ex USAAF 42-108805.  To US Navy Sep 15, 1943.  VMR-153 Aug 1944.  MAW-3 Oct 5, 1945.  MAG- Oct 15, 1945.
Corpus Christi Dec 1945.  Miramar Aug 1946.  San Diego Aug 1947.  Columbus Dec 1947.  Stored Litchfield Park
Jun 1948.  Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43400.
17104 (MSN 11908) ex USAAF 42-108806.  To US Navy Sep 15, 1943.  VMR-153 Marines Aug 1944.  Alameda Oct 24, 1944. 
Jacksonville Mar 1945.  Alameda May 1945. Quonset Point May 1947.  Jacksonville Oct 1947.  NATTC Memphis Mar 1948.  Converted
to R4D-5E Mar 31, 1948.  Redesignated SS-47H.  Stored Litchfield Park.  For sale Jul 1964. 
17105 (MSN 11918) ex USAAF 42-108807.  to US Navy Sep 22, 1943.  VMR-353 Marines Aug 1944.  MAW-3 Jan 27, 1945
San Diego Feb 1945.  Jacksonville Apr 1945.  MAG-25 Sep 27, 1945.  VMR-153 Nov 1945.  Air Pac Ewa Jun 1946.
San Diego Jul 30, 1946.  FAW-14 Aug 1946.  Fasron-1 Jan 10, 1947.  San diego May 1947.  Quonset Point
Sep 1947.  Squantum Mar 1948.  Crashed into side of Antisana volcano, Ecuador May 15, 1964 while on US Navy cargo supply mision to
the interior.  Airframe burned out.  One of 11 onboard killed.
17106 (MSN 11928) ex USAAF 42-108808.  To US Navy Sep 30, 1943.   VMR-153 Marines Aug 1944.  MAG-15 Jan 21, 1946.
MAG-25/MAR Air West Jan 28, 1946.  Quonset Point Feb 1946.  Corpus Christi Mar 1946.  Quonset Point Jun 1946.
S Weymouth Jul 15, 1946.  Cherry Point Dec 1947.  NATTC Memphis Apr 1948.  To R4D-6S.
To N9881 US Navy Dept.  N51 reregistered FAA Aug 1, 1966.  Dept of Trasnsprtation.  N71 DDepartment of Transportation
Feb 1, 1973.  Cancelled Dec 4, 1974.  N916 US Department of Agriculture registered Mar 10, 1976.  N223GB
US Department of Agriculture Jun 1977.  Stored Douglas-Bisbee, AA 1979.  Cancelled Sep 1981.   In 1987 preserved at 
Dyess AFB, TX although nominally on charge of USAFM
17107 (MSN 11938) ex USAAF 42-108809.  To US Navy Sep 25, 1943.  Delivered to USN as R4D-5 in Sept 1943.  Assigned to VR-7 in Aug 1944. 
Assigned to VRS-1 in Sept 1945. Assigned to Project North (??) in July 1946. Assigned to NAS Patuxent 
River MD in Sept 1946. Assigned to NAS Quonset Point RI Apr 1947. Assigned to NATC Chincoteague VA in Aug 1947
There is a break in the records until she was redesignated LC-47H.  Assigned to VX-6 in 1962. 
Named Ahab’s Clyde / Deep Freeze Express.  Crashed Horlick Mountains, Antarctica Nov 8, 1965.  
The undercarriage collapsed on landing.
17108 (MSN 11948) ex USAAF 42-108810.  To US Navy Oct 4, 1943. Assigned to NAS Whidbey Island, WA.  VR-7 Aug 1944.  VR-1 Jun 1, 1946.  Stored
Jul 1, 1946. NAS Quonset Point Sep 1946.  New York Jan 1947 to Aug 1948.  R4D-6R USN Attache, London.  Assigned to
FASRON (Special)-200, Hendon, England Sep 1956. 
Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43369
17109 (MSN 11958) ex USAAF 42-108811. To US Navy Oct 7, 1943.  VR-3 Aug 1944.  VR-4 Dec 1944.  VR-13 Feb 1945 Com Air Pac.
SC Feb 15, 1946.  VR- Mar 11,1 946.  Alameda Apr 1946.  Quonset Point Jun 24, 1946.  SOC Feb 28, 1947 
17110 (MSN 11968) ex USAAF 42-108812.  To US Navy Oct 14, 1943.   VR-3 Aug 1944.  VR-9 Dec 1944.  VR-1 Jan 1945. VR-9 Sep 15, 1945.
VR-1 Oct 1945.  Quonset Point Mar 1964.  Naval Ordnance Test, Inyokern Oct 1946 to Aug 1948.  USMC Bex.
Stored Litchfield Park 1962 to 1966. Sold Feb 15, 1966.  To N17112 Trans Texas Airlines leased 1967.  
California Airmotive Corp Apr 1969.  Conroy Aircraft Corp Goleta CA 1969 to 1974 
17111 (MSN 11978) ex USAAF 42-108813.  To US Navy Oct 16, 1943. VR-3 Aug 1944.  VR-1 Sep 10, 1944.  Corpus Christi Mar 1, 1946.
VRF-1 Jun 1946. Memphis Jul 16 1946.  Quonset Point Aug 18 1947.  Alameda Feb 26, 1948.  Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43304
17112 (MSN 11988) ex USAAF 42-108814.  To US Navy Oct 25, 1943.  MAW-2 Nov 1944.  AFMF Pac Jun 1945.  Pearl Harbor Dec 26, 1946.
San diego Feb 1947.  Quonset Point May 1947.  Los Alamitos Oct 1947.  Stored Davis Monthan May 1975.  To Allied
Aircraft Sales, Inc.
17113 (MSN 11998) ex USAAF 42-108815.  To US Navy Oct 28, 1943.  VMR-252 Aug 1944.  MAW-9 Dec 1944.  Quonset Point Dec 1945.
VRU-2 Nov 1946.  VR-22 Norfolk Jun 1948.  To R4D-5R.  To N10616 US Department of Defense. Modified to DC-3C
airliner configuration by Trans Texas Airways as N10616.   Leased to Trans Texas Airlines 
To TC-47H.  Back to US Navy as 17113.  For sale Litchfield Park Feb 15, 1966
17114 (MSN 12008) ex USAAF 42-108816l.  To US Navy Oct 31, 1943.  VMR-152 Marines Aug 1944.  MM-AWC Jun 22,1945.  MAG-1
Oct 5, 1945.  MAG-25/MAW-1 Feb 14, 1946.  VMR-153 Mar 1946.  Com Nav Japan Jun 1946.  CASU F Jun 12, 1946.
Fasron-13 Nov 1946.  Pearl Harbor May 19, 1947.  Alameda May 1947. Colombus Apr 1948.
In forced landing after takeoff near NAS Patuxent River, MD May 9, 1951.
17115 (MSN 12018) ex USAAF 42-108817.  To US Navy Nov 24, 1943.  VMR-152 Aug 1944.  MAG-14 May 1945.
(MAG-14) crashed in bad weather Sept 11, 1945.  SOC Oct 31, 1945
17116 (MSN 12028) ex USAAF 42-108818.  To US Navy Nov 24, 1943.  VMR-152/MAW-3 Jun 26, 1946.  MAG-15 Feb 18, 1946.
MCAS El Centro Feb 27, 1946.  Quonset Point Mar 1946.  Stored Sep 1946.  Cherry Point Apr 1948.
Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43307.  Redesignated C-117D in 1962.  WFJU Dec 1978 and then flown
to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.  Sold on commercial market Aug 1985 and registered N116DT, cancelled Jun 29, 1988.
To Canadian civil registry as C-GJGQ.  Eventually handed over \to British Columbia Aviation Museum
at Victoria, which dismantled the aircraft, preserving the cockpit and forward fuselage and scrapping
the rest.
17117 (MSN 12038) ex USAAF 42-108819.  To US Navy Nov 24, 1943.  NATS.  SOC Jan 28, 1944
17118 (MSN 12048) ex USAAF 42-108820.  To US Navy Nov 28, 1943.  - VR-3 Aug 1944 - VR-4 Dec 1944 - VR-13
Feb 1945 - Com Air Pac Feb 6, 1946 - Honolulu Feb 1946 - Pearl Harbor Jul 8, 1946 - San Diego Aug 1946 - Quonset Point
Nov 29, 1946 - VMU Corpus Christi May 1947 - ATU Jacksonville Feb 1948 - NAATC Jacksonville Aug 1948  - R4D-5R -
Modified to DC-3C airliner configuration for Ozark Airlines by Pan American Airways.
Leased to Ozark Airlines Inc as N145D - Back to US Navy as TC-47H, Stored Litchfield Park - For sale (Feb 15, 1966) - B/u 1972.
17119 (MSN 12058) ex USAAF 42-108821.  To US Navy Nov 24, 1943.  VR-1 Aug 1944.  VR-9 Oct 30 1945.  VR-1 Dec 1945.
Quonset Point Mar 1946.  Stored Aug 1946.  Columbus Oct 1946.  Stored May 1948.  To N79966 US Navy Attache,
Cairo, Egypt.  Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43378.  Rebuilt in 1952 into Super DC-3 configuration.
17120 (MSN 12068) ex USAAF 42-108822.  To US Navy Dec 14, 1943.  Returned to USAF as 42-108822 Jan 6, 1944.
17121 (MSN 12078) ex USAAF 42-108823.  To US Navy Nov 22, 1943.  VR-7 Aug 1944.  VR-1 Jun 1, 1946.  Stored Jul 1, 1946.
Quonset Point Oct 1946.  Norfolk Feb 1947.  US Marines 1954.  China Lake 1958.  USMC C-47H.  Stored Davis
Monthan Apr 1971 to May 1975
17122 (MSN 12088) ex USAAF 42-108824.  To US Navy Dec 2, 1943.  VRS-1 Aug 1944.  VR-3 Jul 1945.  Quonset Point
Mar 1946.  Stored Aug 1946.  To Quonset Point Apr 1948.  Converted to R4D-8 MSN 43335.
17123 (MSN 12178) ex USAAF 42-108833.  Converted to R4D-8 MSN 43333.  Operated
as Blue Angels support aircraft in 1949
17124 (MSN 12188) ex USAAF 42-108834.  Converted to R4D-8 MSN 43310
17125 (MSN 12198) ex USAAF 42-108835.  SOC Apr 30, 1946 as surplus.
17126 (MSN 12261) ex USAAF 42-92458.  To N41 then N23
17127 (MSN 12263) ex USAAF 42-92460.  Converted to R4D-8 MSN 43336.  Assigned to VR-25, Hendon, England Jun 1952.
Assigned to FASRON-76, Hendon, england Feb 1953.  Returned to USA May 1954.  Reported
2002 in yard near AMARC
17128 (MSN 12264) ex USAAF 42-92461.  W/o Jul 22, 1944 when hit high ground at Recife, Brazil
17129 (MSN 12269) ex USAAF 42-92465
17130 (MSN 12270) ex USAAF 42-92466.  W/o Jul 5, 1945 at Love Field, Dallas, Texas
17131 (MSN 12275) ex USAAF 42-92471.  W/o Feb 4, 1947, missing off Assateague Island, VA
17132 (MSN 12290) ex USAAF 42-92484
17133 (MSN 12330) ex USAAF 42-92520.  Crashed at sea 6 mi SE of Momote airstrip
Los Negros, Island May 17, 1945.  4 killed.
17134 (MSN 12283) ex USAAF 42-92478
17135 (MSN 12331) ex USAAF 42-92521.  Delivered to USN on 1/21/44. Transferred to USMC 8/4/44 and operated 
in the Pacific Theater as late as 1947.  In San Diego in April 1948, then to Columbus, OH two months 
later. In 1962 redesignated as C-47H and named “Lemoore.” On 8/16/71 became N9382 and went to Naval 
Arctic Research Laboratory at Point Barrow, AK, still in Navy livery. Offered for sale in 1977, being 
purchased by a cargo operator in Anchorage in 1981. By 1988 it was operating out of Michigan. 
17136 (MSN 12237) ex USAAF 42-92482.  Assigned to NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA.
Registered as NASA 817.  Registration N837NA assigned Jun 23, 1969 but ntu, cancelled Jun 5, 1989.
17137 (MSN 12288) ex USAAF 42-108844
17138 (MSN 12296) ex USAAF 42-92490. Sold at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ Feb 15, 1966.  Now on civil registry as N91378
17139 (MSN 12297) ex USAAF 42-92491
17140 (MSN 12298) ex USAAF 42-108845.  Converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43385.
17141 (MSN 12311) ex USAAF 42-92503
17142 (MSN 12312) ex USAAF 42-92504.  In wheels up landing at MCAS El Toro, CA 1946
17143 (MSN 12313) ex USAAF 42-92505.  w/o Feb 19, 1951 in landing accident at Olanthe NAS, Kansas
17144 (MSN 12334) ex USAAF 42-92524.  Force landed near Patuxent River, MD May 26, 1946.  4 killed.
17145 (MSN 12335) ex USAAF 42-92525.  Crashed Apr 28, 1944 SW of Winona, AZ.  19 killed.
17146 (MSN 12336) ex USAAF 42-92526.  Modified to R4D-5R.  Leased to Piedmont Airlines as N3946A and modified
to DC-3C airliner configuration.  returned from lease by Nov 1959.  Redesignated TC-47H in 1962.  Sold at
NAF Litchfield Park, AZ Feb 15, 1966.
17147 (MSN 12337) ex USAAF 42-92527.  Modified to R4D-5R.  Modified to DC-3C airliner configuration.  Returned
from lease by Jul 1959.  Redesignated TC-47H in 19672.  Sold at NAF Litchfield Park, Az Feb 15, 1966
17148 (MSN 12338) ex USAAF 42-108849
17149/17153 (MSN 12339/12343) ex USAAF 42-92528/92532
17149 (MSN 12339) Assigned to VR-1 at NAS Patuxent River, Md, assigned to VR-24, Hendon, England Jan 1951.
To Douglas Santa Monica Aug 1952 and converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43383.   Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.
17150 (MSN 12340) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43311.  Assigned to FASRON-76, Hendon, England Oct 1954.
Assigned to FASRON (Special)-200, Hendon, England Feb 1955.  Returned to USA Oct 1956.
Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.
17152 (MSN 12342) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN of 43364
17153 converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43345.  Redesignated C-117D.  Based at NAS Bermuda in 1971.
Retired Jun 1974.  Sold surplus.  To N58297, N307SF, N321L
17154 (MSN 12427) ex USAAF 42-92608.  Delivered to USN as R4D-5 on 6 Feb 1944
Assigned to VR-7 in Aug 1944. Assigned to NAS Corpus Christi TX in June 1945. Assigned to 
NAS Quonset Point RI in June 1946. Assigned to NARTU at NAS Seattle WA in June 1947.  Assigned to Vr-24, Hendon,
England Feb 1950.  To Douglas Santa Monica Jul 1952 for conversion to R4D-8 and assigned new Douglas s/n 43373
Converted to R4D-8L and assigned to VX-6 in 1958. Named Negatus Perspirus
On Christmas Eve 1959, an R4D-8L crashed while trying to land during a whiteout condition 
at Byrd Station in Antarctica.  The aircraft was on final approach when the Dakota stalled and the right 
wing dropped. The right wing hit the surface and broke.  There were no injuries, but the 
plane was destroyed.
17155 (MSN 12428) ex USAAF 42-108858. 
17156/17158 (MSN 12429/12431) ex USAAF 42-92609/92611
17156 (MSN 12429) converted to R4D-8/C-117D MSN 43342.  SOC Jan 11, 1979.  Spotted in derelict condition at 
Museum Compound, China Lake, California May 1998.
17158 (MSN 12431) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN of 43368
17159/17161 (MSN 12515/12517) ex USAAF 42-92687/92689
17159 modified to R4D-5R.  Part modified to DC-3 airliner configuration by Aloha airlines as N2804D.
Redesignated TC-47H in 1962.  Sold at NAF Litchield Park, AZ Feb 15, 1966
17160 converted to R4D-8 MSN 43331.  Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.
17161 undershot landing at NAS Kahalui, Maui, HI
Jun 30, 1945.
17162 (MSN 12518) ex USAAF 42-108867
Mechanical failure at Okinawa May 24, 1945.
17163/17168 (MSN 12519/12524) ex USAAF 42-92690/92695
17163 Delivered to USN at Mayfair CA in Feb 1944,  Assigned to the USMC (USMC) 1944. Assigned to 
VMR-253 in Aug 1944. Assigned to MAG-15 in Oct 1944. Assigned to VMR-353 in Jan 1945. 
Assigned to MAG-35 in May. Assigned to MARFAIR WEST in May 1945. Assigned to MAG-53 at NAS 
Corpus Christi, TX in May 1945.  Placed in storage at Litchfield Park AZ in June 1946
To MCAS Cherry Point NC in May 1948 Converted to R4D-5L.  Assigned to VX-6 on 17 October 1956. 
Named Takahe.  Coded XD-7 (JD-7 effective late 1957).  Crashed Sept 15, 1959, while making a 
landing at Hallet Station.   After the touchdown on the ice at  Hallet the starboard main 
landing gear collapsed.  The plane was declared a strike because it was not economical 
to repair due to its age.
17165 converted to R4D-8 MSN 43341.  To AMARC as 6C0052 Aug 1977.  Became N1037A
17166 converted to R4D-8/C-117D (MSN 43347). Sold to TBM as N8538C. 
Sold to Intercoastal Airways as N973SN. Sold to Aero Norte of 
Peru as OB-T-1325.
17168 (MSN 12524) assigned to VR-1 at NAS Patuxent River, MD.  Assigned to Hendon, England May 1952 for use
by the Naval Attache, US Embassy, London.   Registered N837M with c/n 43-17168, current
17169/17173 (MSN 12552/12556) ex USAAF 42-92720/92724
17169 (MSN 12552) converted to R4D-8 MSN 43350
17170 in landing accident at Peleliu Field, Palau Nov 19, 1945.
17171 converted to R4D-8 MSN 43309.  Fuselage has been sitting
on the south coast of Iceland since about 1973.
17172 (MSN 12555, ex USAAF 42-92723) converted to R4D-5R, then TC-47H.  Leased from US Navy by Piedmont
Airlines as N9519C.  Modified to airline configuradion DC-3C, but later reregistered N60V (named
Catawba Pacemaker).  Later parked at Litchfield Park, Phoenix, Arizona.  Sold government surplus
Feb 15, 1966.
17173 (MSN 12556, ex USAAF 42-92724) converted to R4D-5S, then SC-47H.  Redesignated TC-47H in 1962.  WFU.   
Later parked at Litchfield Park, Phoenix, Arizona.  Sold government surplus Feb 15, 1966.  
To Caribbean Helicopters of Miami in 1966 as N4795S.  NLR 1971. 
17174 (MSN 12679) ex USAAF 42-92834.  Sold to movie actor Clark Gable, who used the aircraft to ferry
passengers such as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, JFK, Ted Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan around.
It bore the civil registration N242AG at some time.  It is now in the Museo Del ''Aviacione at
Cerbaiola, Italy.
17175 (MSN 12779) ex USAAF 42-92924.  Rebuilt as R4D-8/C-117D MSN 43301.  In 2011 was N32TN with Trans Northern Airways, 
Anchorage, Alaska
17176 (MSN 12733) ex USAAF 42-92883
17177 (MSN 12743) ex USAAF 42-92892.  Converted to R4D-8 MSN 43306.  Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.
17178 (MSN 12753) ex USAAF 42-92901.  Modified to R4D-5R.  Leased to Ozark Airlines as N147D and modified to
DC-3C airliner configuration by Pan American Airways.  Redesignated TC-47H in 1962.  Sold at NAF Litchfield
Park, Az Feb 15, 1966
17179 (MSN 12768) ex USAAF 42-108892.  Converted to R4D-8 MSN 43346.
Crashed into volcano crater Dec 20, 1953 during
search mission on Agrihan Island, Marianas.  Crew killed.
17180 (MSN 12778) ex USAAF 42-108893
Flew into mountain peak on Guadalcanal Jun 12, 1944.
15 killed.  Was with VMR-153.
17182 (MSN 12879) ex USAAF 42-93014.  Served with VMR-153.  Converted to R4D-8/C-117D (MSN 43375).  
To Air-Dale Flying Service Ltd, Ontario, Canada as C-FLED. Sold to
Great Northern Freight of Sault Ste Marie, Canada still as C-FLED in 1985.
To Equator Traders of Pohnpei, FSM as N9796N Dec 1989.   Sold to Soriano
Air Cargo of Philippines but NTU.  In 1992 sold to GENAVCO Air Cargo
of Hawaii still as N9796N.  To Kamaka Air Inc of Hawaii in 2003 after
their takeover of GENAVCO, still registered as N9796N.  Still active in
Sept 2004.
17183 (MSN 12798) ex USAAF 42-108895
17184 (MSN 12808) ex USAAF 42-108896
Lost at Guam due to unknown cause Nov 3, 1944.
Was with VMB-253
17185 (MSN 12818) ex USAAF 42-108897.  W/o Jul 16, 1945 Le Shima Field, Okinawa
17186 (MSN 12828) ex USAAF 42-108898
Blew tire in takeof, Le Shima Jul 16, 1945 and ground-looped.
17187 (MSN 12838) ex USAAF 42-108899
Got lost and ditched at sea out of NAF Tutulia, Samar Jun 29, 1946.
17188 (MSN 12847) ex USAAF 42-92986.  Delivered to USMC as R4D-5 in Apr 1944.  Assigned to VMR-253 
in Aug 1944. Assigned to VMR-152 in Mar 1945. Assigned to AIRFMFPAC in Apr 1945. Assigned to  
NAS Corpus Christi TX May 1945. Assigned to  MAG-15 in Jan 1946. Assigned to VMR-152 in Feb 1946. 
Assigned to MAG-25 in May 1946. Assigned to CASU-12 in July 1946. Assigned to CASU-44 in Sept 1946. 
Assigned to FASRON 118 in Oct 1946. Assigned to FASRON ??? on Nov 1946. Assigned to NAS Pearl 
Harbor in May 1947.  Converted to R4D-8 in early 1950s with new Douglas s/n 43384
Converted to R4D-8L.  Assigned to VX-6 in 1958. Named Lou Bird II / Big Daddy / The Losers
Redesignated LC-117D in 1962.  Crashed  Sentinel Ridge, Antarctica Nov 22, 1962.  Ski landing gear 
collapsed on landing
17189 (MSN 12788) ex USAAF 42-108894
17190/17191 (MSN 12979/12980) ex USAAF 42-93104/93105
17190 (MSN 12979) ex USAAF 42-93104.  Rebuilt as R4D-8/C-117D with new MSN 43365.  In 2011 was N28TN with Trans Northern
Airways, Anchorage, Alaska
17191 (MSN 12980) ex USAAF 42-93105.  To storage May 1946. Converted to R4D-8
with new MSN 43379, returned to USN from Douglas December 1952. Retired from	
service 1973; in 1987 was on display at NAF Keflavik, Iceland.  Moved
Sept 2002 to Egils Olafssonair Minja-Og Fugminjasafn at Bjargtangar, Iceland. 
It is now derelict without wings or rudder.
17192/17196 (MSN 13003/13007) ex USAAF 42-93126/93130
17193 (MSN 13004) ex USAF 42-93127.  To civil registry as N226GB.
On display at South Dakota Air and Space Museum.
17194 converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43352.  Assigned to NAS Lemoore, CA.  Redesignated
C-117D in 1962.  Registered 1997 to Basler Turbo Conversions as N107BF but believed never 
delivered from AMARC. Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.  Currently scheduled
for scrapping
17195 to Frontier Airlines as N7820B
17196 (MSN 13007) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN of 43357.  W/o Apr 23, 1953 in crash near Chehalis, WA.
1 killed, 10 bailed out.
17197 (MSN 13008) ex USAAF 42-108916
17198 (MSN 13009) ex USAAF 42-93131.  To Chilean Navy in 1969 as 121.  
Preserved by Chilean Navy as Naval 121 at Base Aeronaval Vina del Mar.
17199 (MSN 13079) ex USAAF 42-93194.  Sold at NAF Litchfield Park Feb 15, 1966
17200/17207 (MSN 13100/13107) ex USAAF 42-93213/93220
17202 w/o Mar 13, 1945 
17205 (MSN 13105) ex USAAF 42-93218 to US Army as 66-8836.
17207 (VR-771) flew into Loma Prieta Mountain,
CA in overcast Apr 6, 1952.  3 killed.
17208 (MSN 13179) ex USAAF 42-93284
17208 in takeoff accident May 5, 1945 at Emirau.
Was with VMR-153.
17209 (MSN 13108) ex USAAF 42-108926
17210 (MSN 13180) ex USAAF 42-93285.  Sold at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ Feb 15, 1966
17211/17217 (MSN 13221/12227) ex USAAF 42-93322/93328
17211 (MSN 13221) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43391.  Crashed on takeoff from DaNang, Vietnam Jul 25, 1966
in bad weather.  4 of 5 crewmembers killed.
17216 (MSN 12226/43334) converted to R4D-8/C-117D MSN 43334.  To civilian registry as N102BF.  Seen in K-Tech yard 8/28/2000.
Fuselage noted at Basler's Oshkosh facility July 2002.  Originally
acquired by Turbo Three Corporation, not converted and sold to Basler
as N102BF.  Fuselage still at Oshkosh 2005.
17218 (MSN 13228) ex USAAF 42-108938
17219 (MSN 13279) ex USAAF 42-93374.  Delivered to USN as R4D-5 at NAS San Diego  CA in May 1944
ferred to USMC 1944.  Assigned to MAG-24 in Aug 1944. Assigned to VMR-153 in Nov 1944.. 
Assigned to NAS Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii in Mar 1947. Assigned to NAS Alameda CA in 
April 1947. Assigned to NAS Columbus OH in Feb 1948. Assigned to NAS San Diego CA in Feb 1948. 
Assigned to MCAS Ewa, Territory of Hawaii in March 1948. Converted to R4D-8 in early 1950 with
new MSN 43323.  Transferred back to USMC, converted to R4D-8L.  Assigned to VX-6 Nov 22, 1957.  Damaged
Nov 25, 1960 while landing on rough snow surface in Horlick Mountains of
Antarctic.  Suffered serious landing gear damage.  After temporary repairs
limped back to McMurdo Air Facilities and loaded on a ship and sent home
for repiar.  DBR while landing in the Sentinel Range, Antarctic Nov 12, 1961.
During the rollout, the left landing gear collapsed, resulting in substantial
damage to the aircraft.  Because of the remote location, the aircraft was
declared not salveageable Nov 24, 1961.
17220 (MSN 13588) ex USAAF 42-108947
17221/17227 (MSN 13319/13325) ex USAAF 42-93410/93416
17221 delivered at NAS San Diego, CA May 1944.  Assigned to USMC in 1944.  Assigned to AIRFMFPAC in 
Jun 1946. Assigned to NAS Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii in June 1946. Assigned to NAS San 
Diego CA in Sep 1946. Assigned to NAS Columbus OH in Feb 1947.  Placed in storage in December 1947
Converted to LC-47H 1963 by Ling-Temco-Vought.  Assigned to VX-6 in Oct 1963. Named Kool Kiwi / Yankee 
Tiki A Te Hau / Mutha Goose / The Emperor.  Withdrawn from use on 18 April 1969. On permanent 
loan from the US Government to the City of Christchurch to honour the relationship between 
Christchurch and the US Antarctic Programme.  On display at the Ferrymead Aeronautical Society, 
Christchurch, New Zealand.  The aircraft sustained slight damage to its undercarriage during the 
February 2011 Christchurch earthquake. 
17223 (MSN 13321).  By 1954 was YU-ACA of Jugoslovenski 
Aero-Transport.  To French military as no 23; then to US civil registry as N96BF 
and converted to Basler BT-67 (Basler conversion no 5).  Crashed at 
Lobito, Central African Republic Dec 15, 1994 during a Red Cross flight to 
Angola.
17224 retracted wheels during takeoff roll MCAS Ewa, HI Jul 12, 1946.
17226 sold at NAF Litchfield Park, AZ Feb 15, 1966
17228 (MSN 13379) ex USAAF 42-93464
Flew into hill in overcast near San Carlos, CA
Mar 14, 1945.  7 killed.  Was with VR-3.
17229/17234 (MSN 13591/13596) ex USAAF 42-93655/93660
17232 (VR-13) hit mountain at night on Biak
Aug 4, 1945.  5 killed.
17234 (VR-13) in midair collision with USAAF
L-5 off end of runway of Tacloban Airstrip
Leyte Jan 15, 1945.  21 killed.
17235/17237 (MSN 25314/25316) ex USAAF 43-48053/48055
17236 (ATS-13) force landed on Owl Island and caught 
fire Feb 1945. 
17238 (MSN 25324) ex 43-48063
17239 (MSN 25424) ex 43-48163.  Delivered to USN as R4D-5 at NAS San Diego in  July 1944
Assigned to VH-3 in July 1944. Assigned to VE-3 in Dec 1944. Assigned to VE-2 in Jan 1945. Assigned 
to VRE-1 in Mar 1945. Assigned to VR-13 in Apr 1945. Assigned to Commander Air Pacific in Feb 1946. 
Assigned to VR-11 in Apr 1946. Assigned to NAS Quonset Point in July 1946. Assigned to Electronic 
Test at NAS Patuxent River  MD in Jan 1947. Assigned to FACTULANT in Nov 1947
There is a break in the records until assigned to NAS Whidby Island in 1961.  Assigned to VX-6 
and named SNAFU on 20 November 1961.  Converted to R4D-5L. Redesignated LC-47H in 1962
Crashed Oct 6, 1965 on Ross Ice Shelf about 3 mi from Williams Field, 
Antarctic, while taking off after a practice open field landing.  An improperly rigged
ski cable slipped and the front of one ski dug into the snow.
17240/17248 (MSN 25438/25446) ex 43-48177/48185.
17240 ground looped on landing at Lido Field, Italy May 30, 1945.
17241 (MSN 25439) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43343.  Crashed on takeoff from Naples following engine failure and
SOC Mar 30, 1959.
17242 (MSN 25440) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43392  
17244 (MSN 13997/25442) crashed into Hon Chay mountain Feb 
17, 1960 on flight from Saigon to Hue.  All 3 crew
aboard killed.
17245 (MSN 13998/25443).  Became N1561M.  By 1955 was N54V
of Piedmont Aviation, Inc.  Converted to Basler 
BT-67 (Basler conversion no 24) and to Colombian AF 
as FAC 1686
17246 (MSN 25444) Delivered to USN at NAS San Diego CA as R4D-5 in July 1944
To NATS 1944. Assigned to Rescue Squadron Three (VH-3) in August 1944. Assigned to Evacuation 
Squadron Two (VE-2) in December 1944. Assigned to Air Transport Evacuation Squadron One (VRE-1) 
in March 1945. Assigned to VR-11 in June 1945. Assigned to Commander Amphibious Force, 7th Fleet 
in August 1945. Assigned to Commander Mariana Islands in November 1945. Assigned to Carrier 
Aircraft Service Unit One (CASU-1) in May 1946. Assigned to NAS Pearl Harbor, Territory of 
Hawaii on 9 July 1946. Assigned to NAS San Diego CA  in August 1946. Assigned to NAS Columbus 
OH in January 1947.  Transfered to MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina in November 1947
Converted to R4D-5L.  Assigned to VX-6 on 1 October 1956. Named Torono II / Little Horrible / Korora II
Withdrawn from use in May 1961.  *Little Horrible* abandoned at McMurdo, Antarctic
17248 (MSN 25446) converted to R4D-8 with new MSN 43374