Aircraft Photo of NC88946 | Douglas C54G-DC | Pan American World Airways - PAA

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NC88946
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas C54G-DC
C/n (msn):	36069
Operator Titles:	Pan American World Airways - PAA
Aircraft Name:	Clipper Argonaut

Location
City / Airport:	WhenuapaiMap
Country:	New Zealand
Airport Codes:	ICAO: NZWP IATA: - Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	11 March 1948
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	431797

Photo Comment
One of the C-54s released by the USAAF to help re-establish air services after World War II. Ex USAAF C-54G 45-616, converted by Douglas to civil C54G-DC in early 1947 (conversion #71) and delivered to Pan Am in January 1947. It passed to Transocean as N9938F in 1951, before returning the USAF in 1953 as 45-616. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library . This photo was added on 18 January 2022, and has since been viewed 272 times.

Photo Comment

One of the C-54s released by the USAAF to help re-establish air services after World War II. Ex USAAF C-54G 45-616, converted by Douglas to civil C54G-DC in early 1947 (conversion #71) and delivered to Pan Am in January 1947. It passed to Transocean as N9938F in 1951, before returning the USAF in 1953 as 45-616. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library .

This photo was added on 18 January 2022, and has since been viewed 272 times.

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