Flying Tiger Line Douglas DC-4
N90423
(c/n 18392)
By the mid 1950s Flying Tiger had developed a world wide passenger
charter capability.
This one came into Wagga Wagga,
NSW, Australia in July 1957 probably, based on the
date, carrying a load of
Hungarian refugees. They would have no doubt been bound for
the
migrant camp at Bonegilla, near Albury. The shot was by
Barrie Colledge who had
just flown
the Chippie VH-RVV over from Moorabbin. It was common in those
days for
DC-4 operators to paint square
frames around their DC-4's round windows to give the
effect of the aircraft being a
DC-6! N90423 was so decorated. It had originally
been
civlianized in December 1945
as American Airlines' 'Flagship
Washington' and sold to
US
Overseas Airlines in 1956. It was a short term lease
as far as Flying Tiger was con-
cerned, returning to USOA
after a couple of months who later sold it in Colombia as
HK-1027 in
1964.. It was ultimately destroyed by fire at Cartagena in
December 1973.