List of surviving Douglas C-47 Skytrains

This is a list of surviving Douglas C-47 Skytrain and variant aircraft, including the C-53 Skytrooper, C-117 and R4D.

Surviving aircraft

Argentina

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• 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.

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• 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.
• 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 .

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• 42-23936. C-47A. On display in the War Museum in Overloon, since December 2017. Ex G-DAKK.
• 42-23974. C-47A. De Vliegende Hollander/The Flying Dutchman 'PH-TCB'. At Aviodrome museum.
• 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. Doornroosje At Aviodrome museum. Formerly part of the Dutch Dakota Association. Disassembled and stored since 2016, awaiting restoration.
• 43-15652. T-443 – ex-RDAF K-688, c/n 20118 - C-47B on display at the Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg .
• 44-19434 / 42-100971. C-47A Prinses Amalia in operation, formerly part of the Dutch Dakota Association fleet. DDA has since stopped operations and Princess Amalia was sold for preservation in airworthy condition at Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport (ICAO: EHLE) for the nominal sum of €1,- (one Euro). She was flown to Lelystad on 17 December 2024. On 24 October 2025 Aviodrome confirmed it will remain grounded and join the museum collection.
• 44-76634. C-47B. At Aviodrome museum as 'PH-ALR' in orange livery until 2010. Then moved to former Naval Air Station Valkenburg and used as a prop in the Soldier of Orange musical.
• 44-76900. C-47B. On display at Madurodam as De Vliegende Hollander/The Flying Dutchman 'PH-APM'. Ex N213GB.

• 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 Aviation Museum.
• 42-100460 – C-47A on static display at a McDonald's in Taupō.
• 43-15585. C-47A. ZK-BYF. 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.

• 42-68823 C-53D-DO. Little Egypt. Flying with Dakota Norway.

• 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 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 42-92648. Just a part of the body, at RAF Museum, London.
• 42-100521. Night Fright. Under restoration.
• 43-15509. 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, 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. Merville Barracks, Colchester.

• 42-24064 Placid Lassie – Tunison Foundation
• 42-32832 Sky King – Mid America Flight Museum in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

• 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 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.

• 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.
• 44-76717 Second Chance – American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, New York.
• 44-76791 Willa Dean – Lyon Air Museum in Santa Ana, California.

• 99854 Black Sparrow – Basler Turbo Conversions in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Formerly operated by the Headquarters Squadron of the Commemorative Air Force.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.