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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-49/L-649/L-749/L-1049/L-1649/C-69 Constellation / C-121 Super Constellation / WV Warning Star / Starliner
    Latest Model:L-1049E/01 Super Constellation
    Last Military Serial:IN315 BNS
    Construction Number:4614
    Last Civil Registration:VT-DHM
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-1049E/01 sn IN315 BNS cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Naval Fleet Air Arm Museum, Goa Dabolim, Marmagao, Goa

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-1049E/01.
    Built in 1955

    17 February 1955

    To Air India with new c/r VT-DHM.
    Operated with markings: Rani of Ellora

    30 October 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Indian Air Force with s/n BG-575.

    November 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Bharatiya Nau Sena with s/n IN315.

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Goa.

    May 1983

    Placed on display with Naval Fleet Air Arm Museum, Goa Dabolim, Marmagao, Goa.
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    18 November 2005


    Photographer: Alec Berry
    Notes: Taken at Dabolim, Goa, India

    23 June 2012


    Photographer: Faram Khambatta
    Notes: At the Naval Aviation Museum in Goa, India

    23 June 2012


    Photographer: Faram Khambatta
    Notes: At the Naval Aviation Museum in Goa, India
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