RON DUPAS PHOTO
No. 238. Canadair CL-2 C-54GM North Star Mk.M1 ST (17520 c/n 104) Royal Canadian Air Force
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08/12/2006. Remarks by Jack
McKillop: "The C-54GM was essentially an unpressurized
Douglas C-54G Skymaster with Rolls-Royce Merlin liquid cooled
engines. This aircraft was ordered by the RCAF as a North Star Mk.
M1 equivalent to the DC-4M-1 built to Trans Canada Air Lines (TCA)
specifications. Before it was delivered to the RCAF, it was leased
by TCA on January 21, 1947 and registered CF-TEM. It was returned to
the RCAF on March 4, 1949 and converted to the North Star Mk. M1 ST,
a DC-4M-1 used for passenger service. It spent most if not all of
its service with No. 412 (Transport) Squadron, Air Transport
Command, based at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, Canada (March 4,
1949-August 31, 1955) and RCAF Station Uplands, Ontario (September
1, 1955-February 1, 1962). No. 412 Squadron was tasked with
transporting VIPs such as British royalty and Canadian Prime
Ministers. |
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