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History of a DC-3.
Built as Douglas C-47 Skytrain (registration 43-48029) and delivered to the US Army Air Force on 7 July, 1944, it was diverted as a lend-lease transport to the Royal Air Force as Dakota III (registration KG746). It was delivered to the RAF via No.45 Group at Dorval, Canada on July 20, retained in Canada with No.118 Wing on December 6, 1944, returning to No.45 Group on June 21, 1945.
The RAF records disclose that this Dakota was returned to the USA on February 28, 1946, while other sources indicate it stayed in Canada, but not with the Royal Canadian Air Force. On 1 May, 1946, as CF-BZN, it was sold to Doris Yellowknife Gold Mines of Toronto, and it went to Canadian Pacific Airlines on May 8, 1946.
Trans Labrador Airlines bought the DC-3 on October 19, 1956, and Les Ailes du Nord (Northern Wings) of Sept-Îles, Québec on February 22, 1963.
It was written off after an incident while flying for Transfair Inc. of Longue-Pointe-De-Mingan, Québec on February 28, 1989.
Source: aviation-safety.net/asndb/326357
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