Aircraft Photo of N76AU | Douglas C-54Q/AT Skymaster | Aero Union | AirHistory.net #630629
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N76AU
Fleet number:16
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):10547
Operator Titles:Aero Union
Location
City / Airport:Lancaster - General William J FoxMap
Region / Country:California, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KWJF   IATA: WJF   Local: WJF   Other: -
 
Photo Date:10 October 1978
Photo by:Kerry Taylor
Photo ID: 630629
Photo Comment

Seen in US Bicentenary colours. To the USAAF as a C-54D serial 42-72442 on 31 Oct 1945. To the RAF as KL977 on 20 Feb 1945. To the US Navy as serial 91994 in 1946 as a R5D-3. Later redesignated to a C-54Q. WFU at MASDC - Davis Monthan in Jul 1970. To Aero Union as N62296 on 13 Dec 1974 for use as a water bomber. Registered to N76AU on 20 Jan 1976. Noted in Oct 1991 at CIC painted as USAF '272442' for the air show season. To N3054V on 30 Jan 2002 with Aero Flite. To Brooks Fuel Inc on 28 Jun 2007. To Alaska Air Fuel on 29 Oct 2013. Still current in 2023.

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

It was added on 15 December 2023, and has since been viewed 260 times.


Submit Correction
Contact Photographer