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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:DC-4-1009
    Construction Number:42914
    Last Civil Registration:N31356
    Latest Owner or Location:Aces High, North Weald Airport, Harlow, Essex, England

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    Dates

    Event

    1946

    Constructed as a DC-4-1009.

    23 April 1946

    To Northwest Airlines with new c/r N6404.
    The delivery date is provided.

    14 April 1961

    To Congair Corporation keeping c/r N6404.

    20 May 1962

    To Africa Air with new c/r EL-ADR.

    6 July 1964

    To Airland Corporation keeping c/r EL-ADR.

    23 August 1965

    To Transair Ltd with new c/r CF-TAW.

    17 August 1968


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1968 photo at Winnipeg - Originally built for Northwest Airlines in 1946, this Douglas DC-4 is here operating DEW-line resupply flights for NORAD. It went to the US in the early 1970s and was later painted in USAF markings for a movie about the Berlin Airlift in 2002.

    August 1972

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in storage.

    28 August 1975

    To Shirley Moss with new c/r C-FTAW.

    5 February 1976

    To California National Air Services with new c/r N31356.
    Operated with markings: 117

    16 June 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for N31356 (DC-4, 42914) issued.

    November 1981


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: Californian Nationals DC-4 N31356 at Tucson-Ryan Field AZ in November 1981. The belly retardant tankis a different design to those used on most C-54s.

    6 October 1982

    To Central Air Service Inc, Wenatchee, WA keeping c/r N31356.

    27 November 1990


    Photographer: Paul J. Hooper
    Notes: Seen without retardant tank at Tucson, AZ

    2 February 2001


    Photographer: Colin Cooke UK

    Circa 1 May 2001


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Painted in false marks depicting 44-42914 for use in a Movie about the Berlin Airlift - photo at Avra Valley, AZ

    30 April 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Still at Avra Valley in fake USAF-c/s

    4 September 2002

    To Aces High, North Weald Airport, Harlow, Essex, England keeping c/r N31356.

    Based at Aces High, North Weald Airport, Harlow, Essex, England.
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    Markings Applied: 42914

    2009


    Photographer: Andy West

    20 June 2009


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2009 Photo at North Weald

    7 November 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at North Weald - Props were being turned - maybe some imminent movement ?

    11 July 2013

    Civil registration, N31356, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Essex.

    9 December 2015


    Photographer: Facebook / North Weald Airport
    Notes: Being craned into position for its move to Burtonwood


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    Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger

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