| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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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 This photo was added on 29 March 2025, and has since been viewed 81 times. |