Photograph issued by the Beech Aircraft Corp with serial number BL6153D. It is dated April, 1946 with aircraft customer identified as Socony Vacuum Oil Co. This company was formed in 1931 when Socony (Standard Oil Company of NY) merged with Vacuum Oil Company. The flying horse logo dates back to 1934 and was retained through the name change to Mobil. This aircraft remained on the FAA register until cancelled in 1970 as N2636X. The other two aircraft are NC2633 (c/n A-167) registered as CF-KLI in 1958; cancelled in 1969 after landing gear collapse and NC2635 (c/n A-169) last known stripped for parts, Owassa/OK 1997.

Sold in Australia as VH-EBW in October 1950. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

KLM acquired six new DC-4 airliners in 1946. Named Rotterdam after delivery, PH-TAR flew the very first Amsterdam - New York service on 21 May. It was also the first KLM aircraft to wear The Flying Dutchman titles. Therefore, though the reg under the wing is tricky to read, this cannot be PH-TAP. We are pretty sure the tail on the left belongs to Dutch C-54A NL-313 as seen in photo 408646. Photo from: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

One of the C-54s acquired by KLM in 1945, and operated as military aircraft for some time. This aircraft was standing together with a DC-4 in full KLM colours which is almost certainly PH-TAR, not yet named. NL-313 was delivered to KLM at the end of 1945 and was registered in the Dutch Civilian Register on 8 January 1946 as PH-TAO but not painted on. NL-313 flew Amsterdam-New York on 27/29 March 1946. It then returned to Amsterdam. Another flight on 13/14 April 1946 continued on to Santa Monica. It then went to Glenn L. Martin, Baltimore, for conversion to seat 42 passengers. It was re-registered PJ-ALK and arrived on 2 November 1946 in Curacao. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Instiution

"Flagship Holland" was delivered to AOA on 4 April 1946. The airline was merged into Pan Am on 25 September 1950. N90924 flew with TWA from May 1952 until sale in March 1962. Photo obtained from Lockheed.

Built for USAAF as C-54A. Bought by American in April 1946 and seen on a photo sortie, most unusually still wearing its USAAF serial, also early "American Flagship" titles. To NC90414, serving AA until sale in April 1949. From the airline 60 years ago.

Early production Firefly FR.1 at Ringway still wearing WW2-style camouflage, roundel and fin flash. The aircraft later served 766 Squadron at Lossiemouth and was lost in a ditching off Helmsdale, Scotland, on 14 January 1952.