MAKE A MEME View Large Image R5D2-2 NAN5-55.jpg A U S Navy Douglas R5D-2-2 C-54 Skymaster of the Naval Research Laboratory NRL circa 1954 The aicraft was originally ordered by the USAAF as a C-54B-1-DC c/n 10428 USAAF 42-72323 It was transferred to the U S Navy as an ...
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Keywords: R5D2-2 NAN5-55.jpg A U S Navy Douglas R5D-2-2 C-54 Skymaster of the Naval Research Laboratory NRL circa 1954 The aicraft was originally ordered by the USAAF as a C-54B-1-DC c/n 10428 USAAF 42-72323 It was transferred to the U S Navy as an R5D-2 BuNo 50851 In the early 1950s it was converted and used for radar tests at the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River Maryland USA under the designation R5D-2-2 The aircraft was redesignated C-54P in 1962 After its service with the U S Navy it was sold to Aero Union of Califonrnia civil registration N62295 Finally the plane became a a hulk at Chico California U S Navy Naval Aviation News May 1955 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1950s/1955/may55 pdf ca 1954 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy Douglas C-54 Skymaster United States Navy 1954 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River
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