Built as C-53D "42-68823" and to USAAF in June 1943. Assigned to the 8th US Air Force in Europea and sold to Finnair as OH-LCG in June of 1948. It was sold to the Finnish AF in June of 1969 and being registered DO-9. In May 1985, the plane was registered N59NA to Northern Airways, South Burlington, VT and over the next few years changed hands a few more times before being transferred to Norway as LN-WND.