12418 R4D-5L   Douglas C/N 9358 Ordered by the USAAF as C-47A-20-DL USAAF S/N 42-23496 Delivered to the USN as a R4D-5 on 8 April 1943 Assigned to NATS 1944 Assigned to VR-7  in August 1944 Assigned to VR-3 in June 1945 Assigned to NAS Jacksonville, FL in June 1946. Assigned to the Naval Reserve at NAS Minneapolis, MN in 1947 Assigned to NAS Olathe, KS  in 1948 Stored at at Naval Aircraft Storage Facility Litchfield Park, AZ in 1948 Assigned to VX-6 as #8, landed at the South Pole on 31 October 1956 Presented to the Smithsonian Institute in December 1958    Disposition:  On loan from the Smithsonian and on display at National Naval Aviation Museum Pensacola, FL.     Photo by Gus Shin "QueSera Sera"   Photo by Jim Waldron               Return to the main R4D page