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02/15/2007. Remarks by Jack McKillop: "This aircraft was delivered to the USAAF on August 9, 1944, as a C-54A-15-DC. In 1946, it was sold to the Netherlands East Indies Air Force and assigned s/n NI-543; in November 1946, it was transferred to the Netherlands East Indies airline KNILM and registered PK-DSD. On August 1, 1947, KNILM was absorbed by KLM-Royal Dutch Airline and re-registered PH-TSD. It was sold to the French company Transport Aeriens Intercontinentaux as F-BELD on February 24, 1948 and sold to the French airline Air France in October 1948. Leased to Air Maroc of Casablanca, French Morocco in December 1953, this aircraft was sold to Air Algerie of Algiers, Algeria in January 1954. After Algeria gained its independence, Air Algeire re-registered the aircraft 7T-VAD on October 29, 1963. The final civil owner was the French cargo airline Air Fret who purchased it in October 1968 and registered it F-BRHC. After using the aircraft for over a year, Air Fret withdrew it from service and placed it in storage at Garons Airport, Nimes, France, in January 1970 and it was as subsequently scrapped at that airport." |
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