USAF Serial Number Search Results

45-476 ... 45-525 (EXACT MATCH)
Douglas C-54G-1-DO Skymaster
MSN 35929/35978
476 (MSN 35929/DO323) 1946 to American Overseas Airlines registered 
as N90915, named 'Flagship Gander', to Alaska Airlines. Next to Trans Ocean 
Airways and named Talas Panama.  To MASDC Aug 6, 1970.
477 (MSN 35930) to MASDC as CC251 Jul 30, 1973.  To civilian registry as N51802.
478 (MSN 35931/DO325) to N30070 for Great Lakes Airlines as Mainliner Potomac River.
W/o Jun 15, 1954 at Gage, OK
479 (MSN 35932/DO326) WFU and stored 1972.
480 (MSN 35933) converted to VC-54G.  Sold to Pan American Airways 
as N88950 *Clipper Red Rover* in 1947.  To MASDC as CC221 Sep 13, 1972.  
481 (MSN 35934) assigned to 35th ATS, Kindley AFB, Bermuda in 1951.  To MASDC Jun 1, 1966.  
Returned to service.  Back to MASDC Jul 5, 1973 as CC250.  
To civil registry as N90203 and now with Hawkins and Powers of Greybull, WY
482 (MSN 35935) to Brazilian AF as FAB 2410 in 1960
483 (MSN 35936/DO330) to US Steel Co in 1954 as N904.  Bought by Charlotte
Aircraft Dorp Jun 16, 1958.  Leased by Seaboard and Western Airlines
Jun 16, 1958.  Returned Sep 15, 1958.  Bought G. Korth Oct 16, 1958.
Leased by Riddle Airlines Oct 16, 1958.  Bought by Alaska Airlines
Jan 1962.  Lloyd International airlines boutht in May 3, 1962
and registered as G-ARWK. To Iped Air Ltd "The Spirit of Enterprise"
NTU.  Invicta Airways boutht it Jun 1966.  All-Air "Inn" bought it 
Nov 13, 1967 registered as D-ADAD, managed by Transportflug Mar 31, 1969
Bought by Aeroflete Aug 1969 as EC-BSK.  WFU and stored 1974.  Bought
by AMAZ in 1975 as 9Q-COC.   WFu ans stored N'Dolo, Kinshasa,
Zaire Apr 1981, broken up.
484 (MSN 35937) converted to SC-54G.  Sold to Pan American Airways in 1947 as N88944 *Clipper Ocean
Express*, then *Clipper Berlin*, then *Clipper Oslo*, then *Clipper Frankfurt*.  Must have been returned
to USAF, since to MASDC Nov 28, 1969.
485 (MSN 35938/DO332) damaged Feb 1, 1946 Fujisawa Strip, Japan due to bad weather.  WFU and stored 1972.
486 (MSN 35939/DO333) to MASDC as CC214 Apr 20, 1972.  Bought by
Dross Metals, Inc Nov 6, 1975, broken up 1976.
487 (MSN 35940/DO334) WFU and stored MASDC Feb 14, 1966.  Broken up 1973.
488 (MSN 35941/DO335) converted to EC-54G.  To civil registry as N468. Leased in 1961
to Federal Aviation Administration, reregistered Jun 5, 1964 as N86, reregistered Aug 6, 1964 as N17, 
reregistered Apr 27, 1965 as N81.  Transferred to Department of Transportation May 1969. N81 cancelled 
Jun 27, 1969.  To MASDC Apr 7, 1970.  Bought by Ethiopian AF Jun 1969 as ETI-726.  WFU and stored 
Debrezit, Ethiopia 1975
489 (MSN 35942/DO336) with 1521 AAFBU went missing May 25, 1946 in Pacific
near Guam.  MACR 15042.
490 (MSN 35943) to US Coast Guard as R5D-4 5490.  To civil registry as N90895, then N90203, stored
2006 at Kingman, AZ
491 (MSN 35944/DO338) to MASDC as CC208 Jan 27, 1972.  Bought by Dross Metals Inc
Nov 13, 1975.  Bought by Waig Aircraft Inc Nov 10, 1967, registered as
N406WA and then operated by ARDCO as Tanker 119.  Damaged in midair
collision with N19449 (Bu 91998, MSN 10750) which was another
firebomber (#118) Dec 2, 1980 5 mi N of Indio, CA.  N19449 crashed
but N406WA landed safely.  Bought by ARDCO Inc Jan 15, 1982.  Bought by
Florida Air Transport and converted to freighter with new cargo floor,
R2600 engines replaced the R200 engines.  Current May 2008 at Opa Locka, FL
492 (MSN 35945/DO339) WFU and stored 1973
493 (MSN 35946/DO340) WFU and stored MASDC Apr 10, 1970.  Broken up 1973.
494 (MSN 35947/DO341) to MASDC, broken up 1973
495 converted to JC-54G.  To MASDC Jul 24, 1970.
496 (MSN 35949/DO343) leased to Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA)
1946 as "The Shanghai Merchant" 652 registered as N79067.
Returned to USAF 1949 as 45-496.  Transfered to Defense Department
in 1960 as N79067.  Used for static tests Tucson AZ.  WFU and
broken up Apr 1962.  Remains sold as scrap at MASDC Sep 1967.
497 (MSN 35950/DO344) WFU and stored 1973.
498 (MSN 35951/DO345) WFU and stored 1973
499 (MSN 35952/DO346) WFU and stored 1973.
500 (MSN 35953/DO347) WFU and stored MASDC at unknown date.  Sold Sep 21, 1967,
broken up 1973.
501 (MSN 35954/DO348) WFU and stored 1973.
502 (MSN 35955) to MASDC as CC239 Mar 16, 1973.  To civil registry as N1022A.  On display at Hill AFB Museum, Utah
503 (MSN 35956) assigned to 35th ATS, Kindley AFB, Bermuda 1951.  To Brazilian AF as FAB 2402 in 1960.  In 1969 to FAC-640.
504 (MSN 35957) to civil registry as N88949 for Pan American Airways, but not taken up.
To Brazilian AF as FAB 2404 in 1960.
505 (MSN 35958/DO352) WFU and stored MASDC Sep 24, 1964, sold Sep 21, 1967, broken up 1973.
506 (MSN 35959) converted to JC-54G.  To N14747
507 (MSN 35960/DO 354) wfu and stored at MASDC Jun 27, 1973.  Bought by Consolidated
Aeronautics Corp Apr 8, 1977 as N87974.  Bought by Aircraft Surplus
Company Aug 15, 1977.  Bought by Falcon Airways Dec 28, 1977
and rgistered as N82FA Jul 15, 1978.  Bought by Bowman Aviation
Inc Dec 17, 1978 and registered Mar 18, 1989 as N14BA.  Bought by
Rio Grande Vally Airfreight Jan 11, 1985, MM Aircraft Company bought
it Sep 18, 1985 and in Feb 1986 reregistered as N82FA again.   Went through
a succession of owners and then ferried to Fairbanks, AK in 2005 and 
registered to Brooks Fuel Feb 28, 2006.  W/o when it landed
near Nenana, AK and burned after inflight engine failure and
fire Jul 1, 2007.  Recovered from nearby crash scene and brought to
Nenana MAP, AK.
508 (MSN 35961/DO355) WFU and stored 1973.
509 (MSN 35962) crashed on reef off Johnston Island Sep 6, 1946.  All 23
onboard survived.
510 (MSN 35963) made final flight of Berlin Airlifte Sep 30, 1949.
To Brazilian AF as FAB 2405 in 1960
511 (MSN 35964) to Brazilian AF as FAB 2411 in 1960.
512 (MSN 35965/DO 359) To MASDC Jul 8, 1965.  Returned to service Aug 4, 1965 with 4080th Strategic Wing,
Davis Monthan AFB.  Back to MASDC May 20, 1966.  WFU and stored Honolulu, Hawaii.  Derelict by
Jan 1976.
513 (MSN 35966) to Northwest Airlines as NC95422.  Crashed on west slope
of Mt. Sanford, Alaska Mar 12,1948.  24 passengers 
and six crew all killed.
514 (MSN 35967) ran off end of runway into ditch and caught fire
while landing at Tempelhof Aug 13, 1948 during Berlin Airlift.  
Crew survoved.  There is a film of a burning C-54 with tail number 5514.
515 (MSN 35968/DO362) WFU and stored 1973.
516 (MSN 35969) converted to VC-54G. Assigned to 1254th Air Transport Squadron, Gravelly Point, VA [1950].
Assigned to USAFE 30Nov 30, 1950.  Assigned to 7167th Special Air Missions Squadron, Wiesbaden, West Germany Jan 1951
Assigned to 1405th ABW, Scott AFB, IL Jun 1961,  Assigned to 1604th Air Base Group, Kindley AFB, Bermuda. 
Operated last USAF passenger flight from Kindley AFB; to Andrews AFB, Maryland Jun 3,  1970.  To MASDC Jun 10, 1970.
517 (MSN 35970) to MASDC Feb 17, 1966.  Returned to service.  Back to MASDC Feb 23, 1973 as CC237.  
To civil registry as N4994D
518 (MSN 35971) crashed into mountain north of Pusan, Korea Jul 7, 1950 with  23 killed.
519 (MSN 35972/DO366) crashed Jul 3, 1947 with 1389th AAFBU in Atlantic enroute from Kindley
Field, Bermuda to Morrison AAF, Palm Beach, FL.  4 onboard lost.  This plane is supposedly one
example of the losses in the mysterious Bermuda Triangle. But the crew had been warned of
thunderstorm acivity by other crews on the route
520 (MSN 35973) to Nationalist Chinese AF as 45520
521 (MSN 35974) assigned to 1604th Air Base Wing, Kindley AFB, Bermuda 1956-1958.  To MASDC as CC222 
Sep 13, 1972.  To civil registry as N3370F, HK-2017 (TANA 02 Mar 1977 - 
Transportes Petroleros de Santander (TRANSAPEL)), current Sep 99 but still on USCAR as N3370F!
522 (MSN 35975/DO369) WFU and stored 1973.  Also reported as crashing 1 mi off Johnston Island, Pacific Oc5 11, 1946.
523 (MSN 35976/DO370) WFU and stored MASDC as CC231 Sep 30, 1972.  Sold to Allied
Aircraft Sales Jul 11, 1979.  Stored Sam's Scrapyard, Tucson, AZ
524 (MSN 35977/DO371) WFU and stored MASDC Mar 2, 1970, broken up 1973.
525 (MSN 35978/DO372) in 1946 to American Overseas Airlines registered 
as N90911, named 'Flagship Reykjavik', to Trans Ocean Airways, Jun 1949 to 
Alaska Airlines then to Flying Tiger Lines by 1953 until 1957, back to 45-0525, then to 
FAB-2400 for Forca Aerea Brasileira [FAB] Brazilian AF) in 1960, then 
FAC-641 for Fuerza Aerea Colombiana [FAC] (Colombian AF), WFU