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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-54P Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:56505 USN
    Construction Number:10665
    Last Civil Registration:N67041
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54P sn 56505 USN cn 10665...
    Latest Owner or Location:Travis AFB, Vacaville - Fairfield, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a C-54D-5-DC by Douglas at Chicago, IL.

    9 April 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72560.

    Redesignated as R5D-3.

    9 April 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 56505 and operated with these markings: Have Gum, Will Travel.

    1962

    Converted to a C-54P.

    July 1966

    Withdrawn from use.
    And stored at Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.

    21 February 1975

    To Texas Truck Salvage Company.

    3 April 1975

    To Robert B. Audiss with new c/r N67041.

    11 October 1976

    To Central Air Service keeping c/r N67041.

    Operated as fire service #149.

    27 February 1989

    Civil registration, N67041, cancelled.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    December 1989

    Loaned to 60 AMW/HOX, Travis AFB, CA.

    15 July 1995


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Travis AFB Museum. CA

    6 May 2007


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: C-54 exhibit on the base but not in the museum area

    To Travis AFB, Vacaville-Fairfield, CA.
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    20 February 2023


    Photographer: Jim Leslie
    Notes: On Travis AFB but not at the Travis Air Museum site.
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