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SKYMASTER/42-72560



Serial #: 42-72560
Construction #: 10665
Civil Registration:
  N???
Model(s):
  C-54D-5-DC
  R5D-3
Name: None
Status: Display
Last Info: 2003
  History:
Delivered to USAAF as 42-72560, 19??.
Transfrerred to U.S. Navy as Bu. 56505, April 13, 1945.
- Transferred to Operation Deep Freeze / VX-6, Oct. 1958.
- Stored at NAS Glenview, IL, 1964.
- Sold as surplus, Feb. 1975.
Central Air Service, CA, 1995.
- Registered as N????.
- Flew as tanker #149.
Travis AFB Historical Air Museum, Travis AFB, CA, Dec. 1989-2003.

Source(s):
Travis AFB Historical Air Museum
www.vaq34.com
Photo Source(s):
Travis AFB Historical Air Museum