| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N427D |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-6 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-6 (C-118/R6D/Liftmaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas VC-118B Liftmaster (DC-6A) |
| C/n (msn): | 43210 / 206 |
| Display Paint: | USA - Marines |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Tucson - InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KTUS IATA: TUS Local: TUS Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 24 April 1991 |
| Photo by: | Paul Seymour |
| Photo ID: | 531126 |
| Photo Comment |
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Delivered to the US Navy as R6D-1 128427 in 1952. Fitted with a VIP kit for use as the Commandant Of the Marine Corps personal aircraft. Redesignated as a VC-118B in 1962. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB with park code 8C026 in 1982. Sold as N427D in 1986. To MCAS Cherry Point in 1992 and stored for a proposed museum which never happened. Appears to have been scrapped around 2016. This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 19 December 2022, and has since been viewed 147 times. |