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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:DC-7
    Construction Number:44173
    Last Civil Registration:EC-BBH
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-7 cn 44173 cr EC-BBH
    Latest Owner or Location:Transeuropa Compaa de Aviacion S. A

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a DC-7.

    From December 1953 to 1 June 1964

    To National Airlines with new c/r N8207H.

    From 12 August 1964 to 13 July 1965

    To California Airmotive Corp, North Hollywood, CA keeping c/r N8207H.

    13 July 1965

    Civil registration, N8207H, cancelled.
    Exported to Spain.

    August 1965

    To Transeuropa Compaa de Aviacion S. A with new c/r EC-BBH (Douglas DC-7, 44173).

    1970

    Withdrawn from use.

    28 June 1970


    Photographer: Steve Bond
    Notes: DC-7 EC-BBH of Trans Europa at London Gatwick on 28 June 1970.

    1971

    Scrapped.
    At Madrid.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Spanish Register of Civil Aircraft Since 1920 by Jose Ramon Valero
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     Terry Fletcher
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