Ca.1944: TOS USAAF as UC-45F 44-47377. 1953: Remanufactured as C-45G s/n 51-11740. Ca.1957: Converted to C-45H. 1965: Registered N9944Z. By 1966: Volpar, Inc, Van Nuys CA, with c/r N349V; remanufactured into a Turboliner. 1979: Registered N404TH.

Originally built as UC-45F 44-47377 and later re-manufactured as C-45G 51-11740. Converted to C-45H and sold onto the civilian market as N9944Z in 1965. Later conversion to a PAC Aero Tradewind was not completed and the aircraft was sold to Volpar, completed as a Volpar Turboliner and registered N349V. Flown by several operators since then including Priority Air Transport, Caribbean Island Airways, Troy Air, Kalitta Air Services and Jackson MS. based Jim Hankins Air Service. Re-registered N404TH in 1979 and N404CK in 1990. Operating in Alaska with Northern Aviation/TransNorthern since 2010.

Operated by Kitty Hawk Charters.

Getting some TLC in the TransNorthern hangar.

Delivered to the USAF in 1953 as a re-manufactured C-45F then civilianized and converted to tri-gear Volpar Turboliner as here. Current and Anchorage based in 2022.