Delivered to the USAAF as 42-72220 in June 1944, transferred directly to the US Navy as R5D-1 Bu. No. 39172. Then to Northwest Airlines as NC49529 in 1946, leased to Pacific Overseas Airlines as N49529 in 1948. Joined Icelandair in 1962, from February 1963 as TF-FID. Four years later, it moved to South Africa and joined Africair/Wenela Air Services as ZS-FCK. After a short tenure, it was leased by Botswana National Airways as VQ-ZEG, later A2-ZEG. The following year it returned to South Africa as ZS-FCK with Protea Airways. Swazi Air Leased it in October 1970 as VQ-ZJN and from May 1971 3D-AAL

Delivered to South African Airways as ZS-SPC in 1976. Leased to Air Mauritius as 3B-NAG in 1984 and returned to South African Airways in 1994. Preserved with the South African Airways Museum at Rand from 2006.

The SAP, South African Police, and the ten police agencies of the former homelands were merged into the South African Police Service in 1995 establishing the country's new, post-apartheid police force.

Previously operated with the SAAF as 6848 by 35 Sqdn at Ysterplaat. Still wearing the maritime patrol colours worn when the C-47s took over that role following the retirement of the Shackleton in 1984.

Delivered to the USAAF as 43-48667 then to the RAF as KJ897 in 1944. To BEA as G-AMKE in 1951 Sold as VP-YUU in 1962 then to Zambia Airways as 9J-RDR in 1966. Withdrawn from use at Lusaka in 1970 after a ground loop accident. To Phoebus Apollo for parts in 1998. Front fuselage preserved at Rand. The rest of it was scrapped.

forward fuselage used as an eye catcher at the Phoebus Apollo office

Partial registration -VJF under the wing