Douglas C-47-DL, 42-32913 (MSN 9139) to USAAF Mar 02, 1943 - Oran, Algeria on the 12th of May 1943. 14th Troop Carrier Squadron, 61st Troop Carrier Group, Twelfth Air Force, Kairouan, Tunisia on the 21st of June 1943. Damaged taxying 80 miles east of Telergma, Algeria on the 29th June 1943. Licata, Sicily on the 1st of September 1943. Sciacca, Sicily on the 6th October 1943. Ferried to England departing Sciacca on the 12 of February 1944. Routed via El Aounia, Tunis, Tunisia; Anfa Field, Casablanca, French Morocco; St Mawgan, Newquay, Cornwall; Barkston Heath (Station 483) on the 18th February 1944. Ninth Air Force. Transported paratroopers of the 2nd Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission 'Boston' 6Jun44. During a 14th TCS night formation flight on the 7th of January 1945, the radio operator parachuted from the aircraft for no apparent reason. His body was found on the ground the next day with no parachute attached – and the parachute later found separately 4½ miles away opened [1KIS]. Returned to USA on the 25th July, 1945 - Stored on the 28th of July, 1945 - To RFC on the 8th of November, 1945. To civil registry as NC54731, C-117 (Avianca August 1946). Reregistred HK-117 1949, converted to Hyper DC-3. Babb & Co, New York. United Nations Operation in the Congo (UNOC) on the 2nd of March 1961 as 213. 3 Squadron, UN Air Transport Force, N'Dolo Airport, Léopoldville, Republic of Congo. Stored in March 1962. SOC on the 1st April 1962.
Sold to European Research Co., Brazzaville c. January 1964.