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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Last Military Serial:53-3270 USAF
    Construction Number:44641
    Last Civil Registration:N874TA
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A sn 53-3270 USAF cn 44...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-118A.

    9 June 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3270.

    January 1956

    Transferred to 38th ATS (Military Air Transport Service) McGuire AFB, NJ.

    August 1956

    To 30 Air Transport Squadron, MATS, Keflavik, Iceland.

    December 1956

    Transferred to 1611th Air Transport Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.

    July 1965

    To 4600th Air Base Wing, Peterson Field, CO.

    Converted to a VC-118A.
    The work was carried out at Peterson Field.

    20 October 1973


    Photographer: FRANK MACSORLEY
    Notes: 53-3270 C118A AAFB 20OCT73 FRANK MACSORLEY (DECEASED) VIA RON PICCIANI COLLECTION, POSTED WITH PERMISSION

    September 1974

    Transferred to 24th Composite Group, Howard AFB, Panama.

    Circa 1974


    Photographer: Ted Fox 53-3270 Ground Crew
    Notes: I crewed 53-3270 from 11/1973 to 10/1974

    September 1975

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    1977

    To Rosenbalm Aviation with new c/r N96039.

    February 1978

    To Trans Continental Airlines keeping c/r N96039.

    Circa March 1978


    Photographer: EX/ZX Collection
    Notes: At Detroit Willow Run

    Converted to a DC-6A.
    Converted to cargo carrier.

    To Trans Air Link with new c/r N874TA.


    Photographer: Jacques Vooren
    Notes: At Santa Domingo

    8 March 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for N874TA (C-118A, 44641) issued.

    29 May 1992


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N874TA in Trans-Air-Link markings beeing loaded for its next job, at Miami International, FL

    11 August 1999

    To Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N874TA.

    Withdrawn from use.

    2003

    Sold for Scrap (per Check Six website http://www.ruudleeuw.com/dc6.htm).

    30 June 2017

    Civil registration, N874TA, cancelled.
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    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Ruud Leeuw.com by Ruud Leeuw
    Individual Contributors
     Ted Fox
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