Aircraft Photo of N500EJ | Douglas C-54R Skymaster | Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation | AirHistory.net #515111
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N500EJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54R Skymaster
C/n (msn):27370
Operator Titles:Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation
Aircraft Name:Spirit of Freedom
Location
City / Airport:Kemble - CotswoldMap
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:ICAO: EGBP   IATA: GBA   Local: -   Other: -
Event:Kemble Air Day 1998
 
Photo Date:31 May 1998
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 515111
Photo Comment

Built for the USAAF as C-54E 44-9144 but delivered to the US Navy as R5D-5R 90414 in 1945. Redesignated as a C-54R in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 3C118 in 1973. Sold as N48163 in 1975. Reregistered as N904DS in 1977. To Millardair as C-GQIB in 1978. Sold as N500EJ in 1990. To the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation in 1994. Damaged beyond repair by a Tornado at Walterboro, SC in 2020. Replaced by 22178 which was reregistered as N500EJ.

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