Aircraft N44587 Data

N44587
1944 Douglas C-47A-20-DK Skytrain (DC-3C), c/n 12857
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Aircraft N44587, Arrival ceremony in Port Angeles, WA as N44587 first came to town. My grandfather, Fred Epperson, met with West Coast Airlines leadership to welcome them. I have other photos of this plane from 1946 arriving at William R. Fairchild International Airport., at CLM, photo by City of Port Angeles photographer
City of Port Angeles photographer
@ CLM
Aircraft N44587, Anchorage, at PANC, photo by Jeroen Stroes
Jeroen Stroes
@ PANC
Aircraft N44587, dakota at Anchorage, at PANC, photo by Jeroen Stroes
Jeroen Stroes
@ PANC
Aircraft N44587, Departing Anchorage, at PANC, photo by Todd Royer
Todd Royer
@ PANC
Airframe Info
Manufacturer Douglas
Model C-47A-20-DK Skytrain (DC-3C) Search all Douglas C-47A-20-DK Skytrain (DC-3C)
Year built 1944
Construction Number (C/N) 12857
Aircraft Type Fixed wing multi engine
Number of Seats 32
Number of Engines 2
Engine Type Reciprocating
Engine Manufacturer and Model Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp
Also Registered As
CF-ONH De-registered
42-92995 Withdrawn From Service
Aircraft
Registration Number N44587
Mode S (ICAO24) Code a560c0
Certification Class Standard
Certification Issued 2010-06-16
Air Worthiness Test 1963-10-02
Last Action Taken 2023-03-04
Current Status Valid
Owner
Registration Type Corporation
Owner DESERT AIR TRANSPORT INC
Address Anchorage, AK 995020918
United States
Region Alaskan
User Comments
Glenn E. Chatfield, 2012-01-24 20:43:20
This aircraft was built as C-47A 42-92995 and delivered to USAAF on 3/27/44, and was assigned to the North African Wing of the Air Transport Command on 4/24/44. It returned to the USA on 8/20/45, and on 6/5/46 went to the Reconstruction Finance Corp. It was registered NC44587 on 11/6/46 with West Coast Airlines. In April 1962 it was leased to Pacific Western Airlines in Canada as CF-ONH, but returned to the US on 6/6/63 agin with West Coast As N44587. Then on 3/15/64 it was sold back to Pacific Western as CF-ONH. Unknown date it was bought by Air West and re-registered N44587. In January 1969 it was purchased by The Aerodyne Corp. of Renton, WA, who operated it until going out of business in May 1974 and it was derelict for a time before being purchased by Salair, Inc operating out of Seattle and Sacramento. Now owned by Desert Air Transport.