VH-EBO. Douglas C-54B-5-DO. c/n 18347-121.
Rolled off the Douglas production line at Santa Monica - August 1944 Delivered to United States Army Air Force - August 3, 1944 Allocated U.S. serial number 43-17147 Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation - 1945 Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register as NC90419 - 1945 Sold to American Airlines - 1946 Sold to Qantas Airways Ltd - February 8, 1949 Entered onto Australian Aircraft Register as VH-EBO - February 8, 1949 Registered to Department of Civil Aviation Aircraft was named 'Pacific Trader' Sold to Air Carrier Service (U.S.A.) - May 31, 1956 Entered onto U.S. Aircraft Register asd N68579 - May 31, 1956 Cancelled from Australian Aircraft Register - May 31, 1956 Leased to Civil Air Transport - June 29, 1956 Used in the 1956 Hungarian Airlift Sub-leased to Trans Ocean Air Lines (U.S.A.) - July 1, 1957 Returned to Air Carrier Service, Oakland, California at end of lease - July 23, 1957 Sold to Falair Incorporated (U.S.A.) - 1959 Sold to Liberty Air Incorporated (U.S.A.) - 1960 Leased to Civil Air Incorporated (U.S.A.) - September 1, 1960 Returned to Liberty Air at end of lease - February 2, 1961 Intended sale to Fleming Air Transport (Philippines) did not eventuate Sold to China Air Lines (Taiwan) - December 2, 1965 Entered onto Taiwanese Aircraft Register as B-1805 - December 1965 Cancelled from U.S. Aircraft Register - December 1965 Leased to Air Vietnam - 1969 Returned to China Air Lines at end of lease - 1971 Withdrawn from use and stored at Taipei, Taiwan - 1974 Scrapped |
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