Keywords: C-47B 42 Sqn RNZAF at Japan 1954.jpeg A Royal New Zealand Air Force Douglas C-47B-45-DK Dakota VIP transport NZ 3553 USAAF s/n 45-0962 from No 42 Squadron RNZAF at Bofu Japan in February 1954 From delivery in 1945 to its retirement on 20 May 1977 it flew 13 701 hours It was then sold to a private company P02948 054 1954-02 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Douglas C-47 Skytrain Aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Black and white photographs |