Built as 42-24080 (cn 9942) and delivered to the US Navy as bu 39064, this Skytrain was rebuilt as a R4D-8 in 1952. Assigned new cn 43376, it continued with the US Navy and Marines until withdrawn in 1979 and stored. The aircraft is pictured with Desert Air Parts where is was slowly stripped of useful parts. The hulk was last known in the Armair (Aircraft Restoration & Marketing) yard adjacent to Davis-Monthan.

Starting out as 42-24081 and becoming an R4D-5 in 1943, c/n 9962 was modified to R4D-8 Super Dakota standard for the USN in 1952 (so gaining the new c/n) but was soon handed over to the USMC, although a period was spent back in the USN (Norfolk) around 1970. Lastly based at Beaufort MCAS, SC, she entered storage at DM four months before this shot and in 2.81 was registered N8502X, but ended up with Desert Airparts in 9.82