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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:C-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:53-3225 USAF
    Construction Number:44596
    Last Civil Registration:N1377K
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-118A sn 53-3225 USAF cn 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Everts, Fairbanks, Alaska

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    Dates

    Event

    1954

    Constructed as a C-118A.

    2 September 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3225.

    1976

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored at Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona.

    1 April 1982

    To Northern Air Cargo with new c/r N1377K.

    10 June 1986


    Photographer: Paul J. Hooper.
    Notes: Photographed at Anchorage, AK.

    To Everts, Fairbanks, AK.
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    2 May 2000


    Photographer: Peter M. Garwood
    Notes: 2000 photo at Anchorage, Alaska

    Circa 2005

    Scrapped.
    At Fairbanks.

    2 October 2008

    To unknown owner with c/r N1377K.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fairbanks, AK.

    7 August 2012

    Civil registration, N1377K, cancelled.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fairbanks, AK.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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