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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-54E Skymaster
    Last Military Serial:691 FAC
    Construction Number:27323
    Last Civil Registration:N4888V
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-54E sn 691 FAC cn 27323 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fuerza Aerea Colombiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-54E.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-9097.

    28 May 1954

    To Bankers Life and Casualty Co, Chicago, IL with new c/r N4888V (C-54, 27323).

    15 February 1955

    Civil registration, N4888V, cancelled.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Colombiana with s/n 691.

    21 November 1982


    Photographer: Richard Vandervord
    Notes: FAC 691 C-54E Satena (the airline run by the Colombian AF) at Bogota. Two days later I flew on this from Bogota to Villavicencio

    21 November 1982


    Photographer: Richard Vandervord
    Notes: Also at Bogota

    23 November 1982


    Photographer: Richard Vandervord
    Notes: At Villavicencio after my arrival onboard. Return to Bogota was on a Satena HS.748
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