
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | LN-MOB |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54E Skymaster |
C/n (msn): | 27373 |
Operator Titles: | Nordic Air |
Aircraft Name: | Moby Dick |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Copenhagen - KastrupMap |
Country: | Denmark |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EKCH IATA: CPH Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | 1971 |
Photo by: | Erik Frikke |
Photo ID: | 629536 |
Photo Comment |
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Delivered to USAAF in 1945 as 44-9146. Transferred to USN and designated R5D-4R. Converted to a EC-54U and delivered to US Coast Guard as 49147 in 1958. To N316A in 1967, Bergen Air Transport in 1967 and to Nordic Air from 15 December 1970 to 4 April 1973. Sold to Zaire Aéro Service (ZAS) as 9Q-CPB in 1977 and withdrawn and scrapped in Kinshasa, Zaire 1981. Note the legend "The Flying Gourmet" on the tail. This photo is copyright © Erik Frikke, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 December 2023, and has since been viewed 410 times. |