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04/30/2006. Remarks by John Voss: "This aircraft, ex-USAAF 44-9084, was purchased surplus by American Overseas airlines and named "City of Copenhagen" and later "City of Chicago". It was later sold to Pan American Airways and assigned the following names: Clipper Düsseldorf, Clipper Munich, Clipper Golden Gate, Clipper 2 Mermaid and once again Clipper Düsseldorf. In 1961 it was sold to Aerovias Panama Airways and registered HP-297. In 1961 it was re-purchased by PanAm, re-registered again as N90906 and stored in Miami, Florida, USA. In 1962, it was sold to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands to provide transportation services within Micronesia. In actuality the aircraft probably belonged to the US Department of the Interior. The aircraft was based at Agana, Guam and was operated and maintained under contract by PanAm. Note usage of period PanAm colors for the painting of the aircraft. There were three Grumman SA-16 Albatross in the fleet which were also maintained and operated by PanAm. The transportation system was set up to fly once a week between Guam and the outlying islands to carry USDI personnel and their family members. Civilians such as myself could fly on 'space available' only. They generally the flew the SA-16's which were configured for 16 passengers so the probability of being bumped and stuck somewhere was high. In such an eventuality one would have to wait until the next week and hope there was a slot for you then, or the next week or the next week or... But when the DC-4 was flying there was a very good chance of getting aboard as it was rarely at capacity. I took this photo in September 1964 just prior to boarding for a flight to Truk, East Caroline Islands. I flew on the DC-4 three times. The aircraft was de-registered from FAA records on August 23, 1968."