| Registration / Serial: | N53487 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
| C/n (msn): | 10306 |
| Operator Titles: | Capital Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | Capitaliner Canton |
| City / Airport: | Chicago - Midway International (KMDW / MDW)Map |
| Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
| Photo ID: | 794064Submit Correction |
| View count: | 81 |
Delivered to the USAAF as C-54 42-72201 in May 1944, this Skymaster was transferred to the US Navy as R5D-1 39162. Civilianised and sold to Pennsylvania Central Airlines in 1946 as N53487 and Capital Airlines in 1948, then World Wide Aviation as G-ARIC in 1961 who immediately sold it on to the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville, later Kinsasha, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) as 9Q-RIC. It was destroyed at Kinsasha-N'Dolo in June 1964. Photographer unknown
| Registration / Serial: | N53487 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
| C/n (msn): | 10306 |
| Operator Titles: | Capital Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Chicago - Midway International (KMDW / MDW)Map | Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
| Registration / Serial: | N53487 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
| C/n (msn): | 10306 |
| Operator Titles: | Capital Airlines |
| Aircraft Name: | Capitaliner Canton |
| City / Airport: | Chicago - Midway International (KMDW / MDW)Map |
| Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
| Photo ID: | 794064Submit Correction |
| View count: | 81 |
Delivered to the USAAF as C-54 42-72201 in May 1944, this Skymaster was transferred to the US Navy as R5D-1 39162. Civilianised and sold to Pennsylvania Central Airlines in 1946 as N53487 and Capital Airlines in 1948, then World Wide Aviation as G-ARIC in 1961 who immediately sold it on to the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville, later Kinsasha, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) as 9Q-RIC. It was destroyed at Kinsasha-N'Dolo in June 1964. Photographer unknown
| Registration / Serial: | N53487 |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C54A-DC |
| C/n (msn): | 10306 |
| Operator Titles: | Capital Airlines |
| City / Airport: | Chicago - Midway International (KMDW / MDW)Map | Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Photo Date: | 1955 |
| Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |