Remarks: Built for the USAAF as 42-72449 at the Douglas Aircraft in Chicago, Illinois delivered Feb 45. It was flown to the San Diego NAS and transferred to the U.S. Navy as R5D-3 with the Bu. No. 50874, and it spent its entire service life with the Navy. It served with a number of units including VR-1 at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland; VR-8 at Hickam AFB, Hawaii; VR-22 at NAS Norfolk, Virginia; and VR-24 at Port Lyautey, Morocco. Designated as a C-54Q in 1962, its final assignment began in September, 1962 with the Office of Naval Research in Boston, Massachusetts. It was retired to Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona in February, 1970, and sold to Mercy Airlift Inc. as N27MA in September, 1975. The aircraft was painted and flown to the California Aerospace Museum, McClellen AFB, CA by Aero Union of Chico, California on January 23, 1990. It is on permanent loan from the U.S. Forestry Service. Scanned from a K64 slide
Remarks: Delivered to Pan Am in Sep 49, it was traded back to Boeing ending up with Aerospace lines in 1963 for conversion to become the sole Mini-Guppy conversion. It was sold to Aero Union in 1980 then Erickson Air Crane in 1988. It is now on display at the Tillamook Naval Air Station Museum, Oregon. Scanned from a K64 slide
Remarks: P-3 (Callsign: TANKER 20) taxies out to RWY 29 to fight a local forest fire. This P-3 works for the Bureau of Land Management in Grand Junction, CO.
Remarks: Overnighting at the Stead Air Attack Base after working the Harding Fire, north of Sierraville, California. Thanks to the crew for the aircraft tour!
