This is a list of surviving Douglas C-47 Skytrain and variant aircraft, including the C-53 Skytrooper, C-117 and R4D.

Surviving aircraft Argentina

Airworthy 43-49533. LV-BEH, C-47B-15-DK c/n 15349/26794 - ex-Argentine Air Force TC-35, ex-United States Army Air Force 43-49533.

On display 41-18539. C-47-DL. CTA-15. At Museo de la Aviacion Naval, Bahia Blanca 42-23716. C-47A. 5-T-22. At Ushuia Aero club. 43-15499. TA-05, ex-Argentine Air Force, at Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina, Morón, Buenos Aires. Used in flights to Antarctica.Cater & Caballero (IPMS Magazine May 2013) 43-48194. C-47A-30-DK c/n 25455/14010, ex-Argentine Air Force T-101, at Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina. Displayed representing presidential transport LQ-GJT Independencia .

Austria On Display 42-93189. C-47A. N86U. Arizona Lady. First Austrian DC-3 Dakota Club.

Australia Airworthy

44-76764. C-47B. Ex RAAF A65-95. Flying as VH-EAE with HARS Aviation Museum. 44-76770. C-47B. Ex-RAAF A65-98. Flying as VH-OVM with Melbournes Gooney Bird. 44-76774. ex-RAAF A65-94, civil registration VH-EAF – C-47B airworthy in the collection of the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society at the Illawarra Regional Airport in New South Wales; in colours it wore while in service with the Aircraft Research and Development Unit RAAF.

On display 41-18646 – C-47 under restoration to static display by Jeff Morgan in Karoonda, South Australia. It was previously displayed at a McDonald's. 42-92711. ex-Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Fleet Air Arm N2-43 – C-47A modified with extended nose to house a radar system from a de Havilland Sea Venom; on static display in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at naval air station HMAS Albatross near Nowra, New South Wales.Wilson (1990), p. 59Wilson (1990), p. 69 42-93009. VH-EAP. Qantas Founders Museum 42-93199. Painted as VH-EWE. Central Australian Aviation Museum. 44-49377. ex-Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) P2-003 – C-47B on outdoor display at a pub in the town of Moree, New South Wales 44-49379. ex-Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) A65-64 – C-47B on display mounted on poles outside the RSL Club premises at Mulwala in New South Wales 44-49870. ex-RAAF A65-71 – C-47B in storage at the Treloar Technology Centre of the Australian War Memorial in Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory. 44-76345. ex-RAAF A65-78 – C-47B in storage at the RAAF Museum at RAAF Williams in Point Cook, Victoria 44-76547. ex RAAF A65-86 – C-47B on static display at RAAF Amberley Aviation Heritage Center in Amberley, Queensland. 44-77128. ex-RAAF A65-114 – C-47B on static display at the South Australian Aviation Museum in Port Adelaide, South Australia . 45-0957. ex-RAAF A65-124 – C-47B on static display at the Aviation Heritage Museum in Bull Creek, Western Australia.

Belgium On Display K-16 – C-47B on static display at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels. K-1 registered as OT-CWA at the Open Air Museum of the 15th Wing next to its former base in Steenokkerzeel/Melsbroek.

Brazil On Display 43-15495 C-47 B. On Display at Museo Aerospatial. 43-49660. C-47B. Airworthy, in Mococa, São Paulo, reg PP-VBN.

Canada Airworthy

12913 – CC-129 airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. 12932 – CC-129 airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. 12945 – Dakota III airworthy at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario. 42-93108 – C-47A airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. KG563 – Dakota III airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

On Display 41-18471 – C-47 on static display at the Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin, Alberta. 42-92419 – CC-129 on static display at the National Air Force Museum of Canada in Astra, Ontario. 42-108960 – C-47A on static display at the Aero Space Museum of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta. 44-76590 – Dakota IV on static display at Greenwood Military Aviation Museum in Greenwood, Nova Scotia. 42-56602 C-47 on display at spirit of Harbour Grace in Harbour Grace Newfoundland

Chile

On Display 42-93390. C-47A Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio, Los Cerillos Airport, Santiago. 43-15692. C-47A. Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio. 43-48854. C-47A. Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio.

On restoration process for display

43-49697. C-47B-20-DK, ex CC-CBW of Aerocor, Aerolíneas Cordillera. Parted-out, its nose was acquired by a private owner from Osorno, southern Chile for a possible restoration.

China Airworthy 44-77113 – C-47A airworthy with International Air Services of Carson City, Nevada acting as trustee.

On display 42-92709 – C-47A on static display at the Flying Tigers Heritage Park in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang.

Colombia

On Display 42-23324. C-47 A-1-DL. Air Colombia Villavicencio as HK 3293, Crashed and under restoration. 42-92066. C-47A-DK. HK 3349. On Display at Tiuma Park, Villavicencio. 43-49082. C-47B. Museo Aero Finix, Cali. FAC667. Colombian Aerospace Museum.

Czech Republic On Display 41-18342 – C-47 in storage at Air Parc Zruc in Zruč-Senec, Plzeň.

Denmark Airworthy 43-15553. C-47A-85DL. OY-BPB. Flying with DC-3 Vennerne On Display

42-23802. C-47A. OY-DDA. Denmarks Tekniske Museum 42-100737. C-47A. K-687. Danmarks flymuseum, Stauning Airport

Ecuador

On Display 44-77164. C-47B. Quito Air Force Museum.

Ethiopia

On Display 42-23766. Dakota III. Registered to Ethiopian Airlines as ET-T-1. Is on display in front of Addis Ababa Bole International Airport next to the Ethiopian Airlines headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Finland Airworthy 43-2033 – C-53C OH-LCH with Airveteran Oy in Vantaa, Uusimaa (winters at Vaasa Airport).

On Display 43-48254 OH-LCF (DO-4) – C-47A at the Finnish Air Force Museum in Tikkakoski, Jyväskylä. 42-100846 OH-LCD (DO-8) — C-47A “Lokki” (‘Seagull’) at the Finnish Aviation Museum in Vantaa, Uusimaa.

France Airworthy 42-23310. C-47-DL. F-AZTE. France DC 3. 44-77020. C-47B. F-AZOX Chalair. Un Dakota sur Normandie. Caen-Carpiquet Airport. 42-68810. C-53D. F-HVED Gruesome. Musee Aeronautique Bretagne

On Display 41-18487. C-47A. Lann-Bihoue air base 42-92449. C-47A. Musée Air Space. Le Bourget. Marked as 42-100558 42-93251. C-47A. La Ferte Alais Airfield. Also mentioned as 43-15101 42-93654. C -47-A. Ailes Anciennes. Toulouse 42-100825. C-47A on static display at the Airborne Museum in Sainte-Mère-Eglise, Manche. It is painted as 43-15159 The Argonia. 43-15073. C-47A on static display at the Merville Gun Battery in Merville-Franceville-Plage, Normandy. Saved from scrappers in Bosnia, she is now completely restored in her 1944 configuration. 44-76229. C-47B On display in Dinard. 44-76420. C-47B. L Epopee de lIndustrie et de lAeronautique, Albert. 44-77047. C-47B D-day Experience Museum. Dead Mans Corner. Saint Come du Mont, Manche. Painted as 42-92717. Used as simulator for visitors. 44-77116. C-47B. , Rochefort-Soubise,

Germany On Display 41-20058. C-53. Munich Airport. 42-68795. C-53. Technik Museum. Speyer 42-100997. C-47A. Flugausstellung Peter Junior. Hermeskeil 43-30729. C-47A. On Display in Fassberg. Painted as 43-15208 43-48189. C-47A. Auto & Technik Museum. Sinsheim. 43-49081. C-47B. Frankfurt Airport at Berlin Airlift Memorial. 43-49728. /14+01 – C-47B/Dakota IV on static display at the Deutsches Museum Flugwerft Schleissheim in Oberschleißheim, Bavaria. 43-49866. C-47B. ex-Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) A65-69 – C-47B on static display at the Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr – Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow (Bundeswehr Museum of Military History – Berlin-Gatow Airfield) at the former RAF Gatow air base in Berlin; presented by the Australian government in 1980 to commemorate RAAF aircrews' role in the Berlin Airlift.Wilson (1990), p. 70 45-0951. C-47B. Berlin Technology Museum.

Greece

Airworthy 43-16008. C-47A. Hellenic Air Force.

On Display 43-48981. C-47B. Converted to a bar, in Athens. 43-48991. C-47A. Hellenic Air Force Museum. Tatoi. 43-49111. C-47B. Hellenic Air Force Museum. Tatoi. 43-49479. C-47B. KK 156. on static display at the Hellenic Air Force Museum located at Dekelia Air Base in Acharnes. 44-76874. C-47B. SX-ECF.

Hong Kong

On Display 41-18385. On display at Hong Kong Science Museum. Ex-Cathay Pacific "Betsy", registered VR-HDB. Unknown. On display outside Cathay City. As substitution for the lost Cathay Pacific "Niki".

Honduras

On Display 42-93701. C-47A. Honduran Aviation Museum. FAH-315. is also reported at Honduran Aviation Museum. Unknown USAAF nr. 41-18696 under restoration 26 June 2024 La Ceiba, Honduras.

Hungary Airworthy 43-16026. C-47A (or Lisunov Li-2T) as part of Malev Hungarian Airlines, used in various airshows.

Iceland

Airworthy 43-30710. C-47A. with Icelandair livery.

India Airworthy 44-76488. C-47B. VP 905 - DC-3 part of Indian Air Force's vintage squadron.

On Display 43-15546. C-47A-85-DL airframe with c/n 20012 . Owned by Flytech Aviation Academy and is used for ground training at the Nadirgul airstrip . It was used in India as VT-DTS, and featured in the 1965 Bollywood murder mystery movie Gumnaam. It is featured on postage stamps.

Indonesia On Display 42-23688. C-47A on display in , South Jakarta, Jakarta. 42-93424. C-47A on display as RI-001 "Seulawah" in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, East Jakarta, Jakarta. 43-15157. C-47A on display at Garuda Indonesia HQ, Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten. 45-0965. C-47B on display as RI-001 "Seulawah" in Satriamandala Museum, South Jakarta, Jakarta.

Israel

On Display 42-5635. C-47-DL. At Ramon Airport. 44-76505. C-47B. Mitspeh Revivim Museum in the Negev. 44-76975. C-47B-35-DK. At Israeli Air Force Museum at Hatzerim AFB, Beersheba.

Italy On Display 41-7774. C -47-DL. Museo Storico. 42-92834. C-47A. Parco Tematico dell' Aviazione. Rimini 42-100731. MM61776 - C47B on static display at Italian Air Force Museum, Vigna di Valle 43-48983. C-47B on static display at Volandia in Somma Lombardo, Varese.

Malta On Display 43-15762 – C-47A in storage at the Malta Aviation Museum in Ta' Qali, Attard. 44-76603 – C-47B under restoration at the Malta Aviation Museum in Ta' Qali, Attard.

Netherlands On Display 42-23936. C-47A. On display in the War Museum in Overloon, since December 2017. Ex G-DAKK. 42-23974. C-47A. De Vliegende Hollander/The Flying Dutchman 'PH-TCB'. At Aviodrome museum. 43-2022. C-53C. Darlin Dorien. Wings of Liberation Museum. Painted as '290321', which could be read as a military serial (42-90321), but reflects the owner's birthday. 43-15288. C-47A. Doornroosje At Aviodrome museum. Formerly part of the Dutch Dakota Association. Disassembled and stored since 2016, awaiting restoration. 43-15652. T-443 – ex-RDAF K-688, c/n 20118 - C-47B on display at the Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg .C-47 / 43-15652" Nationaal Militair Museum Retrieved: 14 October 2017. 44-19434 / 42-100971. C-47A Prinses Amalia in operation, formerly part of the Dutch Dakota Association fleet. DDA has since stopped operations and Princess Amalia was sold for preservation in airworthy condition at Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport (ICAO: EHLE) for the nominal sum of €1,- (one Euro). She was flown to Lelystad on 17 December 2024. On 24 October 2025 Aviodrome confirmed it will remain grounded and join the museum collection. 44-76634. C-47B. At Aviodrome museum as 'PH-ALR' in orange livery until 2010. Then moved to former Naval Air Station Valkenburg and used as a prop in the Soldier of Orange musical. 44-76900. C-47B. On display at Madurodam as De Vliegende Hollander/The Flying Dutchman 'PH-APM'. Ex N213GB.On Display (partial airframes) C-47B43-48266. C-47B. (Only Cockpit) Wings of Liberation Museum.

New Zealand Airworthy 43-49219. C-47B-10-DK. ZK-DAK. NZ Warbirds DC-3 Syndicate, Ardmore Airport.