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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6BF
    Construction Number:43555
    Last Civil Registration:XB-BQO
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6BF cn 43555 cr XB-BQO
    Latest Owner or Location:Roberto Martinez Fuentes

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a DC-6B.

    12 July 1952

    To KLM-Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-TFN.

    3 March 1954

    To KLM-Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-DFN.

    23 March 1960

    To Rutas Aereas SAM with new c/r HK-534.

    20 October 1961

    To KLM-West Indies with new c/r PJ-DFN.

    20 August 1962

    To KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines with new c/r PH-DFN.

    15 March 1963

    To Wardair Canada with new c/r CF-PCI.


    Photographer: Robert A. Edwards
    Notes: CF-PCI Douglas DC-6B (43555) Wardair Canada at Gatwick

    From 1967 to 1973

    Withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Edmonton, Canada.

    20 June 1973

    To Don L Enterprises with new c/r N9890.

    6 December 1973

    To Boreas Corporation keeping c/r N9890.

    1 March 1974

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9890 (DC-6B, 43555) issued.

    From December 1974 to 1978

    To Lina Congo with new c/r C-FKCJ.

    1979

    Converted to a DC-6BF.
    Converted to dedicated freighter.

    4 January 1979

    To Donald A. Henke with new c/r N9890.

    29 December 1979

    To Jack Kern DBA, Tucson, AZ/Aero Services keeping c/r N9890.

    30 December 1979


    Photographer: Midway Airport Historians
    Notes: At Chicago Midway Airport

    By 17 March 1980

    To Roberto Martinez Fuentes with new c/r XB-BQO.

    19 May 2015

    Civil registration, N9890, cancelled.
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     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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