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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:VC-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:53-3273 USAF
    Construction Number:44644
    Last Civil Registration:XA-SNT
    Latest Owner or Location:Uruapan Airport (West Side), Toluca, Mexico

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-118A.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3273.

    Converted to a VC-118A.

    By January 1970

    Transferred to 7101st Air Base Wing, Wiesbaden, FRG.

    6 July 1974


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: VC-118A Liftmaster of 7101st Air Base Wing at Wiesbaden on display at the 1974 International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire.

    Circa 20 July 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9045P (C-118A, 44644) issued.

    20 July 1993

    To Joda Partnership, Chesterfield, MO with new c/r N9045P.

    17 February 1994

    Civil registration, N9045P, cancelled.
    Exported to Mexico.

    To unknown owner with c/r XA-SNT.

    To Uruapan Airport (West Side), Toluca, Mexico.
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