I've looked at the Air-Britain DC-3 history and of 14 Eastern DC-3 tail numbers in the range 40000-89999 ( received post-war?) there were 3 C-53s and 7 C-47s (so built with P&Ws)*....there's no note of conversion to Wright power with Eastern but 2 of them are noted with R-1820s long after disposal by Eastern and one is noted as a Super Dc-3 which might mean fitting with the 1450hp Wright engine. I'll have a look at tail-numbers 10000-39999 later but they're most likely pre-war
*45331 45332 45369 45381 86562 86569 86584 86597 88808 88809
An Eastern DC-3 in Georgia:
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In return , a North Carolina related question...I came across the story of stunt pilot Charles Bailey in some Iredell County Library Flickr photos I've 'galleried' here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/747849...7646225645045/
He perished in the N3M version seemingly called ' Hands Off' in 1950...Do you know anything of the story?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1950-Press...item51c21d6a69