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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-4 / C-54/R5D/C-112 Skymaster / Carvair ATL / Canadair DC-4M/C-4 North Star
    Latest Model:C-54G-10-DO Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:45-0579 USAF
    Construction Number:36032
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54G-10-DO sn 45-0579 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:WR-ALC/MU, Robins AFB, GA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54G-10-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    22 August 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 45-0579.

    1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 45-0579.

    Circa 1949

    Transferred to 22nd Transport Unit, Rhein Main AB, Germany.
    During the Berlin Airlift.

    Circa 1949

    Transferred to 313th Troop Carrier Group, Fassberg AB, Germany.
    During the Berlin Airlift.

    Transferred to Olmsted AFB, PA.

    September 1962


    Photographer: Unknown

    1964

    Withdrawn from use.
    To Aberdeen Proving Grounds.

    Circa 1983

    Placed on display with Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
    View the Location Dossier

    1984

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    1984

    Loaned to WR-ALC/MU, Robins AFB, GA.

    By April 1988


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Museum of Aviation in Macon, GA.

    12 March 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    8 February 2005


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Warner Robins Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, Georgia, U.S.A.

    18 February 2007


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Warner Robbins AFB Museum
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2016 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Museum of Aviation
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Robert Nichols
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