| Remarks: (10741) May 31st, 1945 - delivered to the USAAF (serial number 42-72636), transferred to the US Navy that same date, and redesignated from C-54D to R5D-3 with registration (Bureau Number) 56514. Jun-Nov 1945 - VRE-1, Dec 1945 - VR-6,
Jan-Feb 1946 - appears as Hdrm Mag 35 (original handwriting), Mar-Oct 1946 - VMR-953, Nov 1946 to April 1947 - VMR-253, May-Nov 1947 - VMR-152, Dec 1947 to Jun 1948 - Pool Alameda, Jul-Aug 1948 - VMR-352, (records skipped; new record format started), 1950 - BUAER M&S, San Diego, Corpus Christi, VMR-352 El Toro, 1951 - VMR-352 at El Toro, 1952 - ATTU and ACTRU FLAN F&M, Corpus Christi, VR-21 PAC at Barbers Point; VR-3 NATS at Moffett Field; VR-8 NATS at Hickam Field, 1953 - ACTRU F&M at Corpus Christi; VR-1 LANT at Pautuxent River; VR-24 LANT at Port Lyautey, 1954 - VR-24 LANT at Port Lyautey; O&R BUAER M&S at Corpus Christi, 1955 to Jul 1957 - VR-24 LANT at Port Lyautey, Jan 1958 to Jul 1958 - O&R BUAER at Norfolk, Aug 1958 to May 1959 - VR-24 at Port Lyautey, Jul 1959 to Jul 1960 - NAS NART at New York, Aug 1960 to Nov 1960 - BWR FR at Dallas, Dec 1960 to Nov 1961 - NAS NART at Grosse, (records skipped here), 1962 - redesignated C-54Q, 27 Sep 1965 - NARTU at Norfolk, 28 October 1965 - stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, with 20,676 hours of flight time, April 3rd, 1973 - Registered to Robert B. Audiss and was assigned tail number N67062, February 21st, 1975 - Purchased by the Texas Truck Salvage Company, October 11th, 1976 - Registered to Bill Dempsay, Central Air Services with airtanker tail number "148", and flown throughout Southern California on fire-fighting missions out of Hemet-Ryan Airport, CA, 1994 - Storage at Tucson, AZ, January 19th, 2002 - Flown by Bill Dempsay and a crew of two assistants to March Field Air Museum after purchase by the museum for $50,000 from Maricopa Air Services, Tucson, AZ. (Fuji Provia 100F) |
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