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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:C-124C Globemaster II
    Last Military Serial:53-0044 USAF
    Construction Number:44219
    Last Civil Registration:N3153F
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-124C sn 53-0044 USAF cn 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a C-124C by Douglas at Long Beach, CA, USA.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-0044.

    From 19 September 1974 to 15 November 1974

    New serial number assigned: CQ364 MASDC

    Last C-124 in Military Air Command Reserve Forces.

    12 December 1981

    To unknown owner with c/r N3153F (C-124C, 53-0044).

    2 April 1983


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: N3153F Douglas C-124C Globemaster II - Previously 53-0044, this Globey gained a civilian identity and was preserved close to Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas.

    Was located for many years on the corner of Koval Lane and Reno Avenue near McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. Numerous plans were made to use the aircraft for advertising, display, and even as a restaurant, but nothing came of this and over the years the aircrafts condition deteriorated.

    Circa 1995


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At McCarren International Airport, NV.

    Circa 1995


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At McCarren International Airport, NV.

    2001


    Photographer: Scroggins Aviation
    Notes: Douglas C-124 Globemaster II (53-0044) ex-N3153F was scrapped in Las Vegas, NV. in 2001. The aircraft was scrapped and loaded into trucks for the recycler in one day.I have many images and video of the demo.

    2001

    Scrapped.

    6 September 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N3153F.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Las Vegas, NV.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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