Aircraft Photo of N53487 | Douglas C54A-DC | Capital Airlines | AirHistory.net #794064
Aircraft
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
Location
City / Airport:Chicago - Midway InternationalMap
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KMDW   IATA: MDW   Local: MDW   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1955
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 794064
Photo Comment

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

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