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    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-4 / C-54/R5D/C-112 Skymaster / Carvair ATL / Canadair DC-4M/C-4 North Star
    Latest Model:C-54D-10-DC Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:42-72675 USAF
    Construction Number:10780
    Last Civil Registration:N4470M
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54D-10-DC sn 42-72675 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Midland Army Air Field Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54D-10-DC by Douglas at Chicago, IL.

    21 June 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72675.

    24 June 1945

    To Hamilton Field, Air Transport Command (ATC), USAAF.

    June 1945

    Transferred to 591st AAF Base Unit, Stockton AAF, CA.

    Transferred to 1503rd AAF Base Unit, Hamilton AAF, CA.

    Transferred to 591st AAF Base Unit, Stockton AAF, CA.

    By January 1946

    To Cincinnati, OH.

    29 April 1946

    Transferred to 4127th AAF Base Unit, McClellan Field, Sacramento, CA.

    31 May 1946

    Transferred to 1504th AAF Base Unit, Fairfield-Suisun AAF, CA.

    4 August 1946

    Transferred to 4136th AAF Base Unit, Tinker AAF, OK.

    14 September 1946

    Transferred to 4127th AAF Base Unit, McClellan Field, Sacramento, CA.

    By 31 March 1947

    Transferred to 4136th AAF Base Unit, Tinker AAF, OK.

    27 April 1947

    Transferred to 4127th AAF Base Unit, McClellan Field, Sacramento, CA.

    1 May 1947

    Transferred to 4136th AAF Base Unit, Tinker AAF, OK.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 42-72675.

    By July 1948

    Transferred to 19th TCS, 374th TCG, Hickam AFB, HI.

    30 July 1948

    Transferred to 61st TCS, 441st TCG, Rhein-Main AB, Germany.

    21 August 1948

    Transferred to 4112th Base Unit, Olmstead AFB, PA.

    4 October 1948

    Transferred to 61st TCS, 441st TCG, Rhein-Main AB, Germany.

    Transferred to 1600th Air Base Group, Westover AFB, MA.

    By December 1948

    Transferred to 1700th Air Base Group, Kelly AFB, TX.

    13 June 1949

    Transferred to 317th TCG, Celle RAF Station, Germany.

    9 August 1949

    Transferred to 1600th M and SPG, Westover AFB, MA.

    28 October 1949

    Transferred to 54th TCS, Alaskan Air Command (attached to 57th Fighter Wing), Elmendorf AFB, AK.

    26 March 1953

    Transferred to 4704th Defense Wing, McChord AFB, WA.

    1 July 1953

    Transferred to 54th TCS, Alaskan Air Command (attached to 57th Fighter Wing), Elmendorf AFB, AK.

    29 September 1953

    Transferred to 21st TCS, 374th TCW, Tachikawa Air Base, Japan.
    Operated with markings: TROOP CARRIER

    1955


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photo taken at Kimpo, Japan.

    Transferred to 6100th Support Wing (PACAF), Tachikawa AB, Japan.

    August 1964

    Transferred to 18th Tactical Fighter Wing (PACAF), Kadena AB, Okinawa.

    January 1966

    Transferred to 2nd Air Division, Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam.

    February 1966

    Transferred to 6200th Materiel Wing, Clark AB, Philippines.

    May 1966

    Transferred to 6314th Support Wing, Osan AB, South Korea.

    February 1967

    Transferred to 192nd Tactical Fighter Group, Virginia ANG, Richmond, VA.
    Operated with markings: VIRGINIA

    16 November 1971

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    1972

    To Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX.

    Circa 1972


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Harlingen, Texas

    6 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Ex Virginia ANG Skymaster in the museum area of the Confederate Air Force at their 1978 Airshow at Harlingen, Texas.

    1 October 1983

    To Confederate Air Force with new c/r N4470M (C54-D, 4272675).

    5 September 1988


    Photographer: Paul Hooper
    Notes: Photographed at Harlingen, TX.

    To Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
    Only the fuselage survives here.
    View the Location Dossier

    Scrapped.

    Placed on display with Midland Army Air Field Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
    View the Location Dossier


    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 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Air Force Historical Research Agency
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Peter Nicholson
    Noah Rechtin
    Max Sabin

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