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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:DC-6B
    Last Military Serial:MM61965 AMI
    Construction Number:44251
    Last Civil Registration:I-DIMA
    Compressed ID:Douglas DC-6B sn MM61965 AMI cn 442...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gianluca Bertin

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    Dates

    Event

    1953

    Constructed as a DC-6B.

    13 November 1953

    To Alitalia with new c/r I-DIMA.

    From April 1961 to 1970

    Leased to Societa Aerea Medierranea.

    May 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Aeronautica Militare Italiana with s/n MM61965 and operated with these markings: SM-5.

    25 July 1975


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: MM61965/SM-5 - DC-6B - Italian Air Force - RAF Northolt United Kingdom.

    From 1976 to 1978

    Markings Applied: 31-5

    By 1988

    To A discotheque in Bachero di Cingoli (Macerata), Italy.

    Markings Applied: CI-LOVE

    Circa 2000

    To Gigi Stecca.

    Placed on display with Ristorante Michelangelo Da Vinci, Villamarzana, Venezia.
    I-LOVE
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    2020

    To Gianluca Bertin.
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