Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 08-Jan-22 (DeNoise AI).
HZ-AAW was one of three C-54's bought from Saudi Arabian by British Eagle after they had taken over Starways. Only two entered service, G-ASPM & G-ASPN. HZ-AAW became G-ASRS and was sold on to Avions Fairey in Belgium as OO-FAI in Aug-64 (see full history below).
This aircraft was delivered to the US Army Air Force in May-45, serialled 44-9127. It was transferred to the US Reconstruction Finance Corp in Sep-45 as N90901 and was sold to American Overseas Airlines the following month.
American Overseas was merged into Pan-American World Airways in Sep-50. The aircraft was sold to Transocean Air Lines in Jul-82 and sold on to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia as SA-R4 the following month.
It was transferred to Saudi Arabian Airlines in 1954 as HZ-AAW and returned to standard passenger configuration. It was sold to British Eagle International Airlines as part of a package of 3 C-54's in Mar-64.
British Eagle only needed two of them (G-ASPM/PN). This one was re-registered G-ASRS (although in my photo it's still painted as HZ-AAW) and stored at London-Heathrow until it was sold to Avions Fairey in Belgium in Aug-64 as OO-FAI).
They sold it to All-Air Germany as D-ADAB in Nov-66. All-Air merged into Transportflug in Mar-69 and the aircraft was retired at Frankfurt in Mar-70. The story doesn't end there though as the fuselage was transported to Lampertheim, south of Darmstadt, West Germany, and used as restaurant.
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