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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:N-586 RDAF
    Construction Number:36039
    Last Civil Registration:9Q-CBE
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54G-10-DO sn N-586 RDAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Intercontinent Charter Inct

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

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

    Circa 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 45-0586.

    24 September 1946

    To United States of America, Washington, DC with new c/r N88955.

    From 30 April 1949 to 6 November 1953

    To Pan American Airways with new c/r N88955.
    On lease from USAF.

    6 November 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 45-0586.

    4 June 1954

    Civil registration, N88955, cancelled.

    2 April 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Danish Air Force with s/n N-586.

    1975


    Photographer: Alf Blume
    Notes: Douglas C-54G Skymaster, N-586 Vaerlose in 1975

    November 1977

    To Intercontinent Charter Inct with new c/r 9Q-CBE.

    1980

    Withdrawn from use.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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