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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:C-54GM North Star
    Last Military Serial:17521 RCAF
    Construction Number:105
    Last Civil Registration:CF-TEO
    Compressed ID:Canadair C-54GM sn 17521 RCAF cn 10...
    Latest Owner or Location:Samuel E. Sigal Enterprises Ltd

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-4M-1 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    1947

    Loaned to Trans Canada Airlines.
    Markings changed to: 87, 187

    Assigned civil registration: CF-TEO

    6 March 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 17521.

    Converted to a C-54GM by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    31 October 1949

    Returned from loan to RCAF.

    Transferred to No. 426 Squadron.

    From 1960 to 1961

    Carried UN troops and supplies to Belgium Congo with No. 426 Squadron.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Willy Arnold Williams commented on Facebook: Photo in Trenton early 60s when 4 OTU and 426 Sqn ruled the flight line!!

    Transferred to No. 412 Squadron.

    Transferred to Mountain View, ON.

    30 October 1963

    To Samuel E. Sigal Enterprises Ltd.

    18 March 1965

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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