Aircraft Photo of N6816D | Douglas C-54Q/AT Skymaster | AirHistory.net #503531
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N6816D
Fleet number:109
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54Q/AT Skymaster
C/n (msn):22194
Location
City / Airport:Tucson - Marana RegionalMap
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: AVW   Local: AVQ   Other: -
 
Photo Date:19 March 1998
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 503531
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as C-54D 43-17244 then transferred to the US Navy as R5D-3 56543 in 1945. Redesignated as a C-54Q in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 3C116 in 1973. To TANA as HK-1807 in 1974 then to Aerolineas Medellin in 1979 and Aerovias del Llano in 1983. To Central Air Service as N6816D in 1984 and converted to a firebomber. Stored at Marana Regional by 1994. Still there in 2022.

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