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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:C-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:51-17646 USAF
    Construction Number:43699
    Last Civil Registration:N103DH
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-118A sn 51-17646 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:DHL Corp, San Bruno, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a R6D-1.

    6 March 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 131596.

    Redesignated as C-118A.

    1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-17646.

    Circa July 1971


    Photographer: Ron Picciani Collection
    Notes: Bu# 131596 delivered toUS Navy06.03.53 as R6D-11958: Transferred to USAF with S/N: 51-17646 C-118AWithdrawn from service and stored at Davis Monthan AFB June 1975May 12, 1976, sold surplus to R. J. Stevenson Co, Registered N3443FSept. 1978, sold to DHL CargoMarch 1983, Registration changed to N103DH withDHL CargoWithdrawn from use and stored Honolulu HI August 1984, subsequently broken up.photo from Ron Piccianis Collection posted with his permission.

    June 1975

    Withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.

    12 May 1976

    To R. J. Stevenson Company with new c/r N3443F.

    September 1978

    To DHL Island Airways keeping c/r N3443F.

    6 October 1978

    To DHL Corp, San Bruno, CA with new c/r N103DH.

    September 1979


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: DHL Island Airways freighter C-118A N3443F at Honolulu in September 1979 had been transferred from associate companyPetroleum Air Transport - PATAir, in New Orleans.

    31 August 1984

    Civil registration, N103DH, cancelled.

    August 1984

    Withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Honolulu.
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