Manufactured in December 1957 by VEB Flugzeugwerke Dresden and delivered to the East German Air Force as 403 in March 1958. Re-registered to 426 in November 1958. Call-sign was DM-VAL. Wfu in 1977 and donated to the Hungarian Air Force museum in 1980. Displayed at the Szolnoki Repüléstörténeti Kiállítóhely Museum in Hungarian Air Force colours over all the years. But now the East German emblem is visible again. I took this photo with a ladder over the wall of the closed museum. But got trouble with military police after a while.

This East German built Il-14 was delivered as 403 to the NVA with a cargo interior but without the large cargo door and seating for 24/28 passengers. It was re-registered 426 in November 1958 and used the call sign DM-VAL as neccessary. The plane was damaged after a belly landing at Schoenefeld (SXF) in August 1969 but repaired. It was finally wfu in December 1980 and flown for the last time to LHSN as gift to this (Hungarian AF) museum, where it was preserved in these fake colours. Alas, after the museum's closure its fate is rather bleak.