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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-6 / C-118/R6D Liftmaster
    Latest Model:VC-118A Liftmaster
    Last Military Serial:53-3240 USAF
    Construction Number:44611
    Compressed ID:Douglas VC-118A sn 53-3240 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-118A.

    23 December 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3240.

    From 1960 to 1961

    Converted to a VC-118A.

    May 1964


    Photographer: RON PICCIANI COLLECTION
    Notes: POSTED WITH PERMISSION

    18 June 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CG073.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By May 1978

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    13 November 1978

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By 1994

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 33240
    Finished in the markings of the 1254th Air Transport (Special Missions) Wing, Andrews AFB, Maryland, in 1962.

    August 1994


    Photographer: Han de Ridder

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At The Pima Air and Space Museum, Arizona.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Pima Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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