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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6B
    Last Military Serial:112 ZAF
    Construction Number:45564
    Last Civil Registration:V5-NCG
    Latest Owner or Location:Namibia Commercial Aviation

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    Dates

    Event

    November 1958

    Constructed as a DC-6B.
    The last production DC-6 aircraft built

    17 November 1958

    To Jugoslovenski Aerotransport with new c/r YU-AFB.

    1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Yugoslav Air Force with s/n 7452.

    1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Yugoslav Air Force with s/n 73102.

    From October 1970 to October 1971

    To Adria Aviapromet with new c/r YU-AFB.

    October 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Yugoslav Air Force with s/n 73102.

    1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Yugoslav Air Force with s/n 7512.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Zambian Air Force with s/n 112.

    January 1994

    To Namibia Commercial Aviation with new c/r V5-NCG.

    1997

    Restored.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Namibia Commercial Aviation Douglas DC-6. This was the last DC-6 off the Douglas production line and the last in the world in passenger configuration still flying commercially.

    January 2018

    Placed up for sale.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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