Dates

Event

1945

Constructed as a C-54D-1-DC by Douglas at Chicago, IL.

26 February 1945

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72489.

1948

To Flying Tiger Line with new c/r N91071.

4 May 1948

Involved in an incident.
A Flying Tiger DC-4 airplane carrying cargo and a crew of two, rolled off the end of Runway 18-Right at Chicago airport at 4:10 p.m. yesterday when the brakes failed to function. Pilot H. Bus Killian managed to steer the free-rolling plane clear of several other four-engined aircraft parked on the south ramp. As his craft rolled off the runway pavement the nosewheel collapsed and it ground to a stop, with the nose of the cabin digging in the ground, just short of the fence along West 63d street. Neither Killian nor his co-pilot, D. K. Skinner, were injured, and there was no fire. Weather at the time was poor, visibility being one mile.

1954

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72489.

1957

Photographer: Alf Jeffries
Notes: AT RAF Wethersfield, UK

26 June 1965

Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 42-72489.