zoggavia
c/n 1968
Model 49-46-10 Constellation 43-10316
Delivered to USAAF 11 May 1945, retained and stored at Burbank until sold to A. Schwimmer registered as NC90829. Operated under Service Airways until conversion at Burbank to 049. Took up registration RX-121 under Lineas Aereas de Panama S.A. Flew via Panama to Europe and joined Israeli Service end of 1948. Demaged in a landing accident at Brno, Czechoslavakia. Ferried back to Burbank for full repairs and registered N90829. Sold to El Al in April 1951 and converted later to 149, or 249 standard.
4X-AKC together with her sister ships AKB and AKA, Tel Aviv in the early 50s, Eddie Coates Collection.
Shot down by Bulgarian MiG 15 fighters few miles from the Greece - Bulgarian boarder on 27 July 1955. Read more about El Al flight 402.
Crashed in flames north of Petrich, Bulgaria.