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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:C-118B Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:128433 USN
    Construction Number:43517
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-118B sn 128433 USN cn 435...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Navy

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R6D-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 128433.

    Redesignated as C-118B.

    From 20 November 1970 to 9 March 1973

    Denis Commette comments (29 March 2021): Flew this plane as Aircraft Commander several times while aqttached to the Naval Air Facility Andrews AFB LT.Denis Commette USN.

    Circa 1972


    Photographer: Lt DSCommette
    Notes: photo taken at Northolt, UK on stopover to pick up Hon. Charles Ill, under Sec of Navy for a European Trip.Aircraft Commander Lt. Denis Commette USN and wife

    Circa May 1974


    Photographer: Ron Picciani

    10 September 1976

    Spotted at RAF Northolt, U.K. in United States Marine Corps markings. (Unit was HQ Washington).

    From 1976 to 1978

    Lt. Col. Kenneth Ammons ret. comments (13 April 2020): Flew on this plane from 1976 to 1978 all over Europe and Asia with the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare Presentation Team led by Gen P.X. Kelly. The plane was outfitted with a VIP kit. Last seen in Sept 1978 when the front landing gear collapsed after flight test on landing at Andrews AFB, no injuries. Plane was then dismantled and shipped to Davis-Monthan. LtCol Kenneth Ammons, USMC ret.

    Crashed.
    Nose gear collapsed on landing after a test flight at Andrews.

    Withdrawn from use.
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    Denis Commette
    Tony Szulc
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