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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:C-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:131568 USN
    Construction Number:43671
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-118A sn 131568 USN cn 436...
    Latest Owner or Location:Davis Mothan AFB, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R6D-1.

    19 September 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131568.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-17627 as a C-118A.
    Loaned to the USAF.

    1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131568.
    Returned from the USAF to the USN.

    Circa 1975


    Photographer: Ron Picciani
    Notes: C-118B custodied to VR-54 det. NAS Atlanta, photo taken on final approach to NAS Willow Grove, PA, during 1975 by Ron Picciani, posted with permission

    September 1996

    Assigned to Davis Mothan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.
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