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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-54Q Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:91994 USN
    Construction Number:10547
    Last Civil Registration:N3054V
    Latest Owner or Location:Alaska Air Fuel Inc, Palmer, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54D-1-DC by Douglas at Chicago, IL.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72442.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KL977.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 91994 as a R5D-3.

    Converted to a C-54Q.

    13 December 1974

    To Aero Union Corporation, Chico, CA with new c/r N62296.

    30 January 1975

    To Aero Union Corporation, Chico, CA with new c/r N76AU (C54D-DC, 10547).

    Clifford Jacobson comments (27 July 2021): In January of 1976 I had just been discharged from the Navy. My first civilian job was at Aero Union. They had just hired the guy who painted the PSA Grinning Birds to do a special 200 year commemorative paint job on this DC 4 and I actually laid out and painted the nose and tail of this bird.

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: N76AU/16 - C-54Q Skymaster - Aero Union - Lancaster Fox Field - Spirit of 76 colours.

    Markings Applied: 272442

    1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo at Lancaster Fox Field

    22 October 1984

    Certificate of airworthiness for N76AU (C54D-DC, 10547) issued.

    30 October 2001

    To Aero Flite Inc, Kingman, AZ with new c/r N3054V.

    31 July 2002


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: Departing San Bernardino Intl

    28 June 2007

    To Brooks Fuel Inc, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N3054V.

    Based at Aero Flite, Kingman Airport, Kingman, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    By June 2008

    Based at Brooks Fuel/Don Brooks, Fairbanks, AK.
    View the Location Dossier

    18 May 2012

    To Brooks Fuel Inc, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N3054V.

    29 October 2013

    To Alaska Air Fuel Inc, Palmer, AK keeping c/r N3054V.

    10 December 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3054V (C54D-DC, 10547) issued.

    From 2018 to 2020

    Restored.
    Rolf Keller comments (7 November 2023): Rebuilt at the Wasilla Airport (WWA) using parts (rear fuselage) of N6816D, active again.

    31 January 2020

    Civil registration, N3054V, cancelled.


    Photographer: JoeJoe Prince

    5 June 2020

    To Alaska Air Fuel Inc, Palmer, AK with new c/r N3054V (C54D-DC, 10547).

    23 April 2024

    Crashed.
    Went down during the post-takeoff climb-out from Fairbanks International Airport.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
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    AMCAR
    Aviation Safety Network
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Clifford Jacobson
    Rolf Keller
    Noah Rechtin
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