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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-4 / C-54/R5D/C-112 Skymaster / Carvair ATL / Canadair DC-4M/C-4 North Star
    Latest Model:C-54G-5-DO Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:45-0557 USAAF
    Construction Number:36010
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54G-5-DO sn 45-0557 USAAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Berlin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54G-5-DO by Douglas at Santa Monica, CA.

    Circa 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 45-0557.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    7 May 1971

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from the USA to Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany.

    Placed on display with Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Berlin.
    Near the airports northern fence.
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    4 June 1978


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1978 photo at Berlin Templehof of a USAF Douglas C-54G Skymaster

    Moved in front of the main terminal.

    15 July 2013


    Photographer: Axel Klegien
    Notes: 45-0557 Douglas C-54 at Berlin-Tempelhof - one of the few aircraft left on this historic ground after the closure of the airport

    10 September 2018


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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    Marcin Rogowski
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