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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-54B-1-DC Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:42-72407 USAAF
    Construction Number:10512
    Last Civil Registration:4X-ADN {2}
    Latest Owner or Location:EL AL

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72407.

    Circa 20 November 1951

    Certificate of airworthiness for N86581 (C54B-DC, 10512) issued.

    20 November 1951

    To Flying Tiger Line Inc, Burbank, CA with c/r N86581.
    Mark Schor comments (June 2015): Used as a charter passenger plane to carry WWII European displaced people from Frankfurt to New York. I flew on this plane when I was 10 months old.

    17 October 1955


    Photographer: Mark Schor
    Notes: Frankfurt, Germany Airport, leaving for NYC, USACharter Flight of WWII Displaced Persons

    19 January 1956

    Civil registration, N86581, cancelled.

    After 19 January 1956

    To EL AL with c/r 4X-ADB.

    19 January 1956

    Civil registration, N86581, cancelled.

    Mark Schor comments (June 2015): Was in Manchester, England.

    To unknown owner with c/r 4X-ADN {2}.

    Written off.


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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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