The Dakota Association of South Africa

C/N 12704

The following data comes from Marko Beloglavec

Info on SAAF 6887 (2)

C/N 12704

C-47A-15DK manufactured 7 March 1944


USAAF s/n 42-92857 delivered 30 March 1944
To Soviet Air Force
Transferred to Polish Air Force on 19 July 1944 as 04 (1)
Transferred to LOT on 15 September 1946 and registered to LOT on 14 October 1957 (possibly 1947) as SP-LCB (2)
Cancelled 5 February 1959
Sold 12 November 1959 and became OY-AIC
92857 French Air Force
F-BRGM
Transferred in latter part of 1972 to Yugoslav Air Force as 71241, opb 111 ppa at Zagreb (evidence for August 1974 / July 1975)
Registered 2 August 1979 as YU-ABU to OCZS - Obrazovni Centar Zracnog Saobracaja (civil training centre) at Zagreb
Sold 5 November 1979 and was registered N8071X - Atlas Aircraft Corporation
TN-ADS (ferry registration for delivery to SAAF)
6887 (2) South African Air Force delivered in September 1981
Converted to C-47TP on 1 August 1995
At some point probably used for target towing duties - seen with target towing equipment in 2004
Currently (July 2009) used as transport aircraft by 35 Squadron SAAF

Notes :

According to an article published in Serbia several years ago, YU-ABU apparently had c/n 12389 and was a C-47A-10DK

So far, this is the only source that says so. All the other sources where information on this aircraft is given, say that YU-ABU actually is C-47A-15DK, c/n 12704.