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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6A
    Construction Number:45375
    Last Civil Registration:LN-FOM
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6A cn 45375 cr LN-FOM
    Latest Owner or Location:Joint Church Aid

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    Dates

    Event

    1957

    Constructed as a DC-6A.

    31 October 1957

    To American Airlines with new c/r N90785.
    Operated with markings: Airfreighter Baltimore

    1958


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: DC-6A, N90785, American Airlines -Airfreighter Baltimore- at San Francisco in 1958.

    20 June 1960

    To World Airways Inc, Oakland, CA keeping c/r N90785.

    22 October 1965

    Civil registration, N90785, cancelled.

    October 1965

    To Fred Olsen with new c/r LN-FOM.

    Destroyed.

    August 1969

    To Joint Church Aid keeping c/r LN-FOM.

    2 November 1969

    Involved in an incident.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. The cargo flight departed Sao Tome Island Airport (TMS/FPST), Sao Tome and Principe and was destined for Uli Airstrip, Nigeria. The event occurred at Uli Airstrip (Nigeria) while taxiing. Narrative: A DC-6 cargo plane carrying five tons of baby food and six tons of fish had just landed at Uli. At the same time Nigerian Air Force planes dropped bombs, causing a fire at the airport. The DC-6 was caught in the flames.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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    Print Sources
     Turbo Prop Airlines Production List by J. Roach and A.B. Eastwood
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    Aviation Safety Network
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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