Aircraft
The DC-4 aircraft involved was originally a United States Army Air Forces Douglas Skymaster, s/n 42-72226, purchased by Douglas Aircraft Company on October 1, 1945, and converted into a DC-4. Subsequently it was sold to United Airlines on January 9, 1946, as N30061, then leased by Slick Airways on June 20, 1956. Later it was bought by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation on June 4, 1959, and leased to Slick Airways until June 1960. Zantop Air Transport bought the aircraft in June 1960 and operated it as a cargo plane until it crashed.
Read more about this topic: 1961 Cincinnati Zantop DC-4 Crash