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Aircraft:
Douglas C-54D Skymaster
- Reg: N27MA photos
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Serial #:
10554/285
- Airline: Aero Union
- Photo Date: Sep 07, 1986
- Uploaded: Dec 06, 2006
- Chico Municipal Airport - KCIC, USA - California
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
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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 slideCamera
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- Reg: N27MA photos
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Aircraft:
Douglas C-54D Skymaster
- Airline: Aero Union
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Serial #:
10554/285
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Chico Municipal Airport - KCIC
- USA - California