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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-54A-5-DO Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:6906 SAAF
    Construction Number:07488
    Last Civil Registration:NL-316 {2}
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54A-5-DO sn 6906 SAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, Flevoland

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54A-5-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-107469.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC53103.

    15 November 1946

    To Matson Navigation Co, San Francisco, CA with new c/r N53103.

    30 December 1946

    Civil registration, N53103, cancelled.

    1947

    To Chicago and Southern with new c/r NC53103.

    1948

    To Philippine Airlines with new c/r PI-C102.

    1951

    To Thai Airways keeping c/r PI-C102.

    1953

    To Pacific Overseas/Thai Airways with new c/r HS-POE.

    August 1958

    To unknown owner with c/r HS-TSA.

    After 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Thai Air Force with s/n 42-107469.

    1967

    To Botswana National Airways with new c/r VQ-ZEF.

    To unknown owner with c/r A2-ZEF.

    Leased to South African Airways.

    1972

    To Suidwes Lugdienst with new c/r ZS-IPR.

    1978

    To Namibair keeping c/r ZS-IPR.

    1981

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 6906.

    To Aero Air with new c/r ZS-IPR.

    February 1994

    Placed in storage.

    1995

    To Dutch Dakota Association.

    3 June 1997

    Ferry flight.
    Flown to the museum in Holland, the last flight of the airframe.

    Civil registration PH-DDY reserved but not taken up.

    To unknown owner with c/r NL-316 {2}.

    Used for spare parts to keep c/n 42934 airworthy.

    2004

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Aviodrome, Lelystad Airport, Lelystad, Flevoland.
    Moved by road to the Lelystad airfield.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: NL-316
    Painted in Government Air Transport colors.

    10 October 2010


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    24 September 2013


    Photographer: Alec Wilson
    Notes: Douglas C.54 Skymaster in the clrs.of the Netherlands Government Air Transport at the Aviodrome Museum, Lelystad, Netherlands - photo displayed with written permission of Alec Wilson

    Circa 2018

    Markings Applied: KLM PH-TAR

    10 April 2019


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
    Notes: In Luchtvaart Themapark Aviodrome at Lelystad Airport, Netherlands 10. April 2019.
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    Thomas Delvoye
    Paul Van der Horst
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