T4-5_1974-04-19_MUC_1290_TK

 

Photo taken by Theo Kastner and kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.

 

 

München-Riem

1974-04-19 (19 April 1974)

 

T4-5 / 911-5

Douglas C-54D Skymaster (DC-4)

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Ejército del Aire (Spanish Air Force)

 

T4-5 / 911-5 was noted at Riem on 19 April 1974 together with Spanish Air Force Convair 440 T14-3. A number of Ejército del Aire C-54s were reported at Riem and nearby Neubiberg Air Base in the early 1970s.

 

Information from ruudleeuw.com:

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-72719 on 13Jul45 and was transferred to the Spanish Air Force in 1959, initially serialled "90-9", later "901-5" and operating for Gruppo EM as "911-05" (coded 901-5, later 911-5 and later 911-05 according to joebaugher.com). It reached the end of its service life in 1976. The cockpit section is on display at the Museo del Aire, Cuatro Vientos, Madrid.

 

The Ejército del Aire received 6 C-54D's (designated T.4) from the USAF in 1959 and a further 11 were purchased through other sources (models including C-54, C-54A, C-54B, C-54G, C-54E and R5D-3). The last were withdrawn from active service in 1976 or 1977.

 

This C-54 was in service with "91 Grupo de Estado Mayor" as a VIP transport. It was nicknamed "Vaca Sagrada" (Sacred Cow) (Israel Gándara on airliners.net)

 

 

T4-5 / 90-5 with Ejército del Aire at ZAZ in the 1960s:

www.aviationcorner.net/show_photo.asp?id=60207

 

Another shot of T4-5 / 911-5, at MAD in 1971:

www.aviationcorner.net/show_photo_en.asp?id=208236

 

Cockpit section and cockpit at Museo del Aire in December 2010:

www.flickr.com/photos/dlberek/5521097867

www.flickr.com/photos/dlberek/5521097237

 

 

Scan from Kodachrome slide.

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