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      Hobby Master C54A Skymaster 1:200 Scale N90433, Flying Tiger Line, 1955 N90433 was built in 1942 for the USAAF as Douglas C-54A c/n 10410 and serial 42-72305. In September 1946 it was delivered to American Airlines as N90433 until March 1949 when it was leased to El Al Israeli Airlines as 4X-ACC and named Rechovoth. In January 1952 the aircraft began operations with Flying Tiger Line. On September 24, 1955 during a cargo flight from Wake Island to Hawaii the aircraft crashed into the Pacific 1,000 miles west of Honolulu killing 3 of the 5 crew.