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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:C-54E-1-DO Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:44-9030 USAAF
    Construction Number:27256
    Latest Owner or Location:Dover Afb (de), 436 AW/MU, Doverafb, DE

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    Event

    Constructed as a C-54E-1-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-9030.

    Markings Applied: 0-49030
    Placed on display.

    To Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE.
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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 Dover AFB (de), 436 AW/MU, Doverafb, DE.

    18 July 2009


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: The Air Mobility Command Museum is the home to this particularly handsome example of a late WWII and post-War transport. This is the sole surviving M model, which was used to haul coal during the Berlin Airlift

    26 August 2017

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