Rolled off the Douglas production line at Santa Monica - January 5, 1944

Delivered to the U.S.A.A.F. - January 6, 1944

Built as a Douglas C-54A-1-DO

Allocated U.S. serial number 42-107439

Sold to Reconstruction Finance Corp - November 13, 1945

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as NC90414

Sold to American Airlines Inc by Republic Aviation - April 8, 1946

Aircraft was named 'Flagship America'

Sold to Aircraft Sales Ltd, Los Angeles - April 2, 1949

Sold to Flying Tiger Airlines - June 1949

Sold to Qantas Airways - July 9, 1949

Delivered to Qantas - July 14, 1949

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBN - July 18, 1949

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd

Aircraft was named 'New Guinea Trader'

Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - July 21, 1949

Entered service with Qantas - November 14, 1949

Leased to Malayan Airways as VR-SEA - September 10, 1958

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - September 10, 1958

Whilst leased to Malayan it was named 'Albatross'

Returned to Qantas at end of lease - April 1960

Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBN - April 11, 1960

Registered to Qantas Empire Airways Ltd

Reregistered as VH-EDB - April 11, 1960

Aircraft was named 'Pacific Trader' but later changed to 'Norfolk Trader' in 1961

Fitted with long range fuel tanks by Hawker de Havilland at Sydney's Bankstown Airport - April 1963

Leased to Airlines of N.S.W. - August 5, 1963

Used on services to Casino, Coffs Harbour, Cooma and Wagga Wagga

Returned to Qantas at end of lease - September 12, 1963

Operated last revenue service as QF437 Norfolk Island-Sydney (Capt W.B. Tainton) - February 19, 1977

Withdrawn from service and stored at Sydney - February 19, 1977

Aircraft had flown 59,881 hours with 10,632 landings

Sold to Air Express, Melbourne

Registered to Air Express Ltd - August 19, 1977

Accepted by Air Express at Sydney - August 19, 1977

Aircraft was named 'Tasmanian Tiger'

Departed Sydney on delivery flight to Melbourne's Essendon Airport - August 20, 1977

Operated its final Air Express service - Essendon-Launceston-Essendon - August 17, 1979

Placed in open storage at Essendon Airport having flown approximately 61,000 hours with 11,254 landings

Sold to Basler Flight Services Inc - January 21, 1980

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N5581T

Aircraft was incorrectly painted as 'N5581S' prior to departing on delivery flight

Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - January 22, 1980

Departed Melbourne on delivery flight routing via Brisbane-Nadi-Honolulu - March 9, 1980

Sold to Calm Air International - March 1982

Entered onto Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GPSH

Sold to Basler Flight Services Inc - April 1984

Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as N5581T

Withdrawn from service and stored at Oshkosh - 1985

Sold to Soundair - August 1985

Entered onto Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GPSH

Sold to International Airline Support Group - December 1990

Observed at Opa-Locka, Florida awaiting maintenance - January 1991

Sold to Buffalo Airways (1968) Ltd - January 1991

Rolled out at Opa-Locka in basic Buffalo livery without titles after overhaul by Milair - April 1991

Entered onto Canadian Aircraft Register as C-GPSH

Aircraft named 'Arctic Distributor'

Badly damaged when it ran off the runway at Carak Lake, Nunavut Territory, Canada - December 18, 2006

Aircraft ended up on its nose with extensive damage around lower forward fuselage

Nose section from DC-4 C-GXCN which had been written off on January 5, 2006 was transported to

Carak Lake to replace the damaged nose section of C-GPSH - July 2007

Aircraft reportedly moved to Hay River, NWT for further rectification work to be carried out

Still listed as being current with Buffalo Airways

VH-EDB. Qantas - in the original livery at Sydney Airport, February 1963.

(G. Wilkes Collection. 1125-115.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airlines - in revised livery at Norfolk Is, date unknown.

(G. Wilkes Collection. 1125-125.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airlines - in revised livery at Sydney Airport, date unknown.

(B. Dannecker Collection. 1125-046.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airlines - in revised livery at Sydney Airport, May1966.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-466.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airlines - in revised livery at Sydney Airport, May1966.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-465.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia's Overseas Airlines - in revised livery at Sydney Airport, June 1968.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-087.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia - in the final 'white tail' at Sydney Airport, December 1968.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-011.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia - in the final 'white tail' livery at Sydney Airport, July 1969.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-223.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia - in the final 'white tail' livery at Sydney Airport, May 1969.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-469.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia - in the final 'white tail' livery at Sydney Airport, May 1969.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-467)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia - in the final livery at Norfolk Island, December 1975.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-326.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia - in the final livery at Norfolk Island, December 1975.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-088.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, December 1976.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-048.)

VH-EDB. Qantas Australia - in the final livery at Sydney Airport, May 1977.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-047.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - undergoing pre-delivery checks at Sydney Airport, July 1977.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-070.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, August 1977.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1125-221.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, November 1977.

(B. Dannecker Collection. 1125-071.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Port Moresby, date unknown.

(P. J. Gates Collection. 1125-010.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-012.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-093.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-290.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-289.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-291.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1978.

(R. N. Smith Photograph. 1125-091.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, January 1978.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1125-417.)

VH-EDB. Air Express - in the full livery at Melbourne's Essendon Airport, December 1978.

(G. Bennett Photograph. 1125-416.)

N5581S. Basler Airlines - in basic Air Express livery with wrong reg'n at Melbourne, February 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1125-013.)

N5581S. Basler Airlines - in basic Air Express livery with wrong reg'n at Melbourne, February 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1125-095.)

N5581T. Basler Airlines - in basic Air Express livery at unknown airport, November 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1125-097.)

N5581T. Basler Airlines - in basic Air Express livery without titles at unknown airport, November 1980.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1125-294.)

C-GPSH. Soundair - in basic Air Express livery without titles at Norfolk, January 1986.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1125-197.)

N7171H. Buffalo Airways - in basic Air Express livery at Norfolk, January 1991.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1125-334.)

C-GPSH. Buffalo Freightliner - in the full livery at Yellowknife, July 1991.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1125-098.)

C-GPSH. Buffalo Freightliner - in the full livery at Yellowknife, October 1991.

(R. N. Smith Collection. 1125-100.)