PH-TAR Douglas DC-4-1009
(c/n 42923)
Nice
study of a KLM DC-4 in the immediate post WW II
period. This aircraft was a new, 1946
purpose built DC-4, and was one of four such aircraft purchased
by the airline to augment their ex
C-54
fleet. KLM's DC-4s were used on the longer stage routes from
Amsterdam to Rome, Madrid
and
Lisbon. PH-TAR spent a year on loan to the West Indies
Division in 1948 as PJ-TAR Return-
ing to
Holland at the end of 1948 it was sold off to Iberia as EC-AEK.