Aircraft
The aircraft, registered VR-HEU was a four-engined propeller-driven Douglas C-54A Skymaster airliner, the military version of the Douglas DC-4 converted for civilian use.
VR-HEU had been manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company with construction number 10310 and was delivered to the USAAF on 16 May 1944, where it served for less than two years. It was bought on 19 February 1946 by KLM and first operated by KLM West Indies before returning to KLM main line in February 1948. It was sold to Cathay Pacific in August 1949.
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