Aircraft Photo of 56511 | Douglas R5D-3Z Skymaster | USA - Navy | AirHistory.net #368288
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:56511
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas R5D-3Z Skymaster
C/n (msn):10697
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Location
Location:Not known
Country:Not known
 
Photo Date:May 1945 to December 1946
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 368288
Photo Comment

The personal aircraft of four-star admiral Royal Ingersoll. C-54D 42-10697 was delivered directly to the US Navy as 56511 in May 1945. The aircraft flew for various small civil operators from 1975. Retired in the 1990s and statically preserved at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, as 42-10697. Photo from: Naval History and Heritage Command

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