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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:C-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:152688 USN
    Construction Number:44627
    Last Civil Registration:N203CM
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-118A sn 152688 USN cn 446...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museo Del Aire, Toncontin International Airport, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-118A.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3256.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 152688.

    Circa 1974


    Photographer: Weldon Walshe
    Notes: VR52, NAS Willow Grove, PA

    31 December 1986

    To Circle M Aviation Ltd, Hockessin, DE with new c/r N203CM.

    Based at Museo Del Aire, Toncontin International Airport, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan.
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    9 March 2008


    Photographer: Peter Luke
    Notes: At Toncontin, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

    22 December 2014

    Civil registration, N203CM, cancelled.
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