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c/n 44645

Date

Reg

Service / Fate

d21 June 1955

53-3274

United States Air Force

wfu January 1975

Withdrawn from use and stored Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona

bt 12 May 1976

Desert Air Parts Inc

bt February 1978

N50293

Aircraft Brokers International

cvt

Converted to DC-6A

bt October 1979

Thomas E. Hughes

bt May 1982

Basler Flight Service

bt June 1985

C-GKFF

Conair Aviation

bt September 1985

Kelowna Flightcraft Charter

lsd June 1987

Conair Aviation.  Leased

bt October 1987

TG-CGO

Aerovias SA

bt November 1988

YV-501C

Aero Executives. SA

r April 1998

9Q-CJP

Rand Airport

September 1998

EL-WIL

Trans Air Cargo.  Liberian registration.  Kiki Lemaire

January 2004

Scrapped at Rand Airport

 

c/n 44645

EL-WIL

Rand Airport

April 1998

Photograph: Reg Rivers Collection via SAAF Museum Swartkop