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The Pan American World Airways DC-4 N88951 was named “Clipper Racer”. The aircraft was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company as c/n 35987 and delivered to the USAAF on July 16, 1945 as a C-54G-5-DO Skymaster serial number 45-0534. In late 1946 Douglas leased the aircraft and converted it to DC-4 specifications and sub-leased it to Pan Am on May 22, 1947 as N88951. The aircraft flew with Pan Am until November 23, 1953 when they returned it to the USAF who used it until 1972 and scrapped it in 1976.