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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-54R Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:56501 USN
    Construction Number:10636
    Last Civil Registration:C-GDWZ
    Latest Owner or Location:Millardair Limited, Mississauga, ON

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

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72531.
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    Redesignated as R5D-3.

    Redesignated as R5D-3.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 56501.
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    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 56501.

    Converted to a C-54Q.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 56501.
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    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 56501.

    Converted to a C-54R.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 56501.
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    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 56501.

    To unknown owner with c/r C-GDWZ.

    To Pearson International Airport, Toronto, ON.
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    Scrapped.

    13 November 1984

    To Millardair Limited, Mississauga, ON with c/r C-GDWZ.

    July 1985


    Photographer: Reinhard Zinabold
    Notes: 1985 photo of a Douglas C-54E (DC-4) of Millardair at Toronto Lester B. Pearson Airport

    20 January 1995

    To Millardair Limited, Mississauga, ON with c/r C-GDWZ.

    Scrapped.
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