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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:C-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:51-17640 USAF
    Construction Number:43692
    Latest Owner or Location:Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, Texas

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    Event

    Constructed as a R6D-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131589.
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    Redesignated as C-118A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-17640.
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    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 37 TRW/MU, Lackland AFB, TX.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-17640.

    To 37th Training Wing HQ Parade Ground, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    10 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Lackland AFB, San Antonio TX of Douglas C-118A Liftmaster

    28 July 1994


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Scanned from my photograph taken at Lackland AFB in 1994

    November 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX.

    Placed on display.

    To Airmen Heritage Training Complex, Kelly Field (formerly Kelly AFB), San Antonio, TX.
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
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     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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