The 500th C-97, rolled out on 8 February 1954. Broken up in 1990 but the tailfin was fitted to another airframe, N29866. Photo from: Boeing

Towards the end of the First Indochina War in 1954, the USAF sent a maintenance detachment to assist in the upkeep of French C-47s at Do Son, near Haiphong. After the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu, four C-46s of the 315th Troop Carrier Wing, based in Japan, were sent to Do Son to carry out an evacuation if necessary. The small coastal airfield was a 'very poor strip' of steel planking. 44-78381 crashed on 14 June after its landing gear struck the seawall on approach. The aircraft was written off. The Americans quit Do Son on 29 June.

A detail of Fred. Olsen's LN-FOG shows that in addition to Fred. Olsen and TNT markings, it carried "Chartered by Air Foyle Ltd" markings by the main cargo door.

Tanker 115 was owned by T & G Aviation at the time.

Built in 1956 as G-AOGH for Hunting Clan but never entered service and joined Icelandair in April 1957. Seen at Wymeswold for attention by Field Aircraft Services, the aircraft crashed three months later on approach to Oslo's Fornebu Airport.

Photographer: Rainer Haufschild

American Export Airlines used the aircraft for route surveys. Passed to the US Navy as 99080 in 1944. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

Gleaming in the setting sun on Lake Hood in Anchorage, Alaska.

Originally one of National Airlines fleet of Lockheed Constellations (N7132C) 1957 - 1963. Bought by Nordair in 1965, the aircraft was sold to CanAiRelief in 1969. The aid organization was formed during the Biafrian War to preform humanitarian flights to aid starving civilians. CF-NAK was caught on the ground during a Nigerian air attack and destroyed at Uli airport on December 17, 1969.

Based in Kamloops, BC, Aviair Aviation operated this Beech G18S from 1982 until it went to the USA as N9669R in April 1987. It's still current there at the time of uploading.

Special delivery for Laurentian Air Services. After eight years in Australia, this Beaver returned to Canada for re-build after sale to Laurentian. Emerging registered CF-CCJ (later C-FCCJ), the floatplane is current as N450TN at the time of uploading

Originally registered NC2976 to Grumman in 1948, the first owner of this Mallard became Charles F Kettering, inventor and recently retired head of research for General Motors. Privately owned by him 1949 - 59 as N5115, it also flew for GM until sold to the New York Yankees as N51151 after Kettering's death. Pictured with Crow, Inc (1965 - 78), a Toledo OH charter company bringing customers for Northern Ontario fishing camps. To Chalks International Airline in 1979, it was converted to a G-73T Turbo Mallard in 1982. Re-registered N142PA in 1998, it was retired in 2005 and dismantled in 2007.

This 1957 Beaver flew for Pacific Western Airlines in the 60s . After service with West Coast Air Services and Northern Mountain Airlines, the floatplane was with Northern Thunderbird Air when it was salvaged after an accident in August 1976. Pictured getting final work after a rebuild, it would get modifications with Advanced Wing Technologies' wings and an aft cabin extension in 2001. After a landing accident in May 2016, Avionnerie Valdor of Val d'Or, QC (owner of the Advanced Wings STCs since 2004) bought the aircraft for re-build. It was put back on the Canadian Registry in July 2019.

For the 100th anniversary of the Italian AF this preserved C-47 got an immaculate new coat of paint.