Aircraft Photo of C-GBPA | Douglas C-54Q Skymaster | Conifair Aviation | AirHistory.net #493861
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:C-GBPA
Fleet number:16
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54Q Skymaster
C/n (msn):10673
Operator Titles:Conifair Aviation
Location
City / Airport:Québec - Jean Lesage InternationalMap
Region / Country:Quebec, Canada
Airport Codes:ICAO: CYQB   IATA: YQB   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1 October 1990
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 493861
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as C-54D 42-72568 then transferred to the US Navy as R5D-3 56506 in 1945. Redesignated as a C-54Q in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 3C081 in 1970. Sold as N87591 in 1974. To Conifair as C-GBPA in 1981 and used as a sprayer, spray bars can be seen above the wing. To Buffalo Airways in 2003. Reregistered as N55CW in 2011. To Western Sky Aviation Warbird Museum, St. George, UT in 2022.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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