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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-4 / C-54/R5D/C-112 Skymaster / Carvair ATL / Canadair DC-4M/C-4 North Star
    Latest Model:DC-4-1009
    Construction Number:42921
    Last Civil Registration:G-APEZ
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-4-1009 cn 42921 cr G-APE...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ace Freighters

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    Dates

    Event

    1946

    Constructed as a DC-4-1009.

    17 April 1946

    To National Airlines with new c/r NC33682.

    1952

    To Resort Airlines with new c/r N33682.

    To Trans Continental keeping c/r N33682.

    29 June 1954

    To Irving E Hermann, Las Vegas, NV keeping c/r N33682.

    1955

    To Great Lakes keeping c/r N33682.

    Circa 1956


    Photographer: Ed Coates

    29 March 1957

    To Starways with new c/r G-APEZ.

    27 September 1957

    Civil registration, N33682, cancelled.

    Circa 1963


    Photographer: Ken Fielding

    December 1963

    To Aviation Overhauls keeping c/r G-APEZ.

    31 August 1964

    To Ace Freighters keeping c/r G-APEZ.

    10 October 1965


    Photographer: Steve Bond
    Notes: Douglas DC-4 - G-APEZ of Ace Freighters, at London Heathrow on 10 October 1965

    1966

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    At Coventry Bagington Airport, UK.

    May 1968

    Scrapped.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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