Canadair C-54GM North Star, 17512 / 119, Royal Canadian Air Force
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Registration: 17512
Construction Number: 119
Code Number: 12
Model Canadair C-54GM North Star
Operator: Royal Canadian Air Force
Airport: London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), UK - England
Photographer: Brian Doherty
Date Taken: 1958 (approximate)
Date Submitted: 16/06/2009
By the BOAC hangars, Heathrow. This aircraft made the first Canadian non-stop coast-to-coast flight in 1949.An unpressurized early model incorporating a fuselage and other components bought as a job lot by Canadair from Douglas's Chicago C-54 production line at the end of WWII
Picture ID:1178369