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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:42988
    Last Civil Registration:G-BANO
    Latest Owner or Location:British Air Ferries

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    Dates

    Event

    1947

    Constructed as a DC-4-1009.

    10 October 1947

    To Iberia with new c/r EC-DAQ.

    June 1951

    To Iberia with new c/r EC-ACF.

    Leased to AVIACO Aviacion Y Comercio S. A.

    12 November 1966

    Leased to S. A. SPANTAX.

    29 December 1972

    To British Air Ferries with new c/r G-BANO (DOUGLAS DC-4, 42988).

    1973


    Photographer: Carl Ford
    Notes: Douglas DC-4 G-BANO of British Air Ferries. Stansted 1973.

    1 January 1974


    Photographer: Keith Heywood
    Notes: Stored Southend 1973/4 with British Air Ferries

    4 July 1976


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: DC-4 seen in the Civil Aviation Authoritys Fire Training School at Stansted, Essex in the Summer of 1976.

    16 January 1977


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: DC-4 in the Civil Aviation Authority Fire Training Schools compound at Stansted in January 1977.

    Used as fire trainer at Stansted Airport - subsequently broken up.
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    Spanish Register of Civil Aircraft Since 1920 by Jose Ramon Valero
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