Model 49-46-10/C-69-1-LO. MSN 1965. Delivered to USAAF 25 Jan 45, 43-10313. Held at Burbank, CA, for storage from 20 Oct 45, and held by War Assets Administration 31 Mar 47 for disposal. Purchased by Al Schwimmer (Schwimmer Aviation) Dec 47 and registered NX90827. Converted from a military C-69 to a civilian Model 49 at Burbank for Service Airways (Al Schwimmer). Registered in Panamá to LAPSA as RX-123, and flown by Capt Sam Lewis, 10-11 Mar 48, Burbank CA to Millville NJ. Aircraft impounded by FBI as an illegal export from the US to Israel and stored at Millville. Panamanian registration canceled 17 Sep 48. Restored as N90827 to Service Airways, and returned to Burbank. Sold to The Jewish Agency 3 Nov 49. Proposed sale to Capital Airlines not completed. Transferred to EL AL 23 Jun 50, registered as 4X-AKA 5 Oct 50. Converted to a Model 149 and referred to by EL AL as a 249 (an unofficial designation). Arrived in Israel 25 Mar 51. Proposed sale Feb 59 to Transazur Airlines, Switzerland, as HB-IEA not completed. Stored at Lod, 1961, with 20,800 hours. Canceled from Israeli register, 8 Jan 62, sold to Universal Sky Tours, UK. Registered G-ARXE and transferred to Universal’s in-house airline Euravia (London) Ltd., May 62 (renamed Britannia Airways, Aug 64). Withdrawn from service at Luton, early 65, and broken up.

Model 49-46-10/C-69-1-LO. MSN1967. Delivered to USAAF 19 Feb 45, 43-10315. Returned to Burbank, CA, 26 Nov 45, and held by War Assets Administration 31 Mar 47 for disposal. Purchased by Al Schwimmer (Schwimmer Aviation) Dec 47 and registered NX90828. Converted from a military C-69 to a civilian Model 49 at Burbank for LAPSA. Registered in Panamá to LAPSA as RX-124. Test flown by Capt Sam Lewis at Burbank under RX-124 registration, 5 Apr 48. Aircraft remained in storage at Burbank. Transferred to The Jewish Agency and re-registered NC67930. Ferried by Capt Lewis, Burbank CA to Millville NJ, under registration NC67930, 7 Jun 48. Aircraft impounded by FBI as an illegal export from the US to Israel and stored at Millville. Panamanian registration canceled 17 Sep 48. Re-registered to Al Schwimmer as NC67930, later N67930, 1949. Proposed sale to Capital Airlines not completed. Transferred to EL AL 1950, registered as 4X-AKB, 5 Oct 50, and arrived in Israel 22 Dec 50. Originally named Mazal Tov (Hebrew for ‘Good Luck’). Converted to a Model 49D (a Lockheed designation indicating higher gross weights) and referred to by EL AL as a 249. Proposed sale Feb 59 to Transazur Airlines, Switzerland, as HB-IEB not completed. Stored at Lod, 1961, with 23,000 hours. Registration canceled 8 Jan 62, sold to Universal Sky Tours, UK, and registered G-ARVP. Transferred to Universal’s in-house airline Euravia (London) Ltd., May 62 (renamed Britannia Airways, Aug 64). Withdrawn from service at Luton, early 65, and broken up.

Model 49-46-10/C-69-1-LO. MSN 1968. Delivered to USAAF 11 May 45, 43-10316. Retained at Burbank, CA, and stored there by 24 Feb 47 for disposal. To US War Assets Administration 31 Mar 47, and deleted by USAAF 28 May 47. Sold to Al Schwimmer (Schwimmer Aviation) Dec 47 and registered NX90829. Converted at Burbank CA from a military C-69 to a civilian Model 49. Flown by Capt Sam Lewis from Burbank to Millville NJ, 26 Jan 48. Request for cancellation of registration from Al Schwimmer (Service Airways) dated 11 Mar 48 and registered in Panamá as RX-121 to LAPSA. Flown by Lewis 13 Mar 48 via Newark to Tocumen Airport, Panamá; and from Tocumen 19-21 Jun 48 via Paramaribo, Dakar and Casablanca to Šatec, Czechoslovakia. In service for Israel Air Force (‘IAF’) on airlift of arms from Czechoslovakia to Israel, Jun-Jul 48. Retained RX-121 registration during this period and never bore military serial. Suffered hydraulic failure and damaged in subsequent wheels- up landing at Šatec, 13 Jul 48 (14 Jul 48 also quoted), and had to be taken out of service. RX-121 registration canceled, 17 Sep 48. IAF serial 2401 allocated, but never applied. Temporarily repaired and ferried by Lewis on three engines from Šatec to Amsterdam, 17 Sep 49, as 4X-121 in ‘Panama Air Lines’ titles. Restored to US register as N90829. Ferried, with landing gear in fixed down position, to Burbank CA for full overhaul, starting 22 Oct 49, via Keflavík, Gander and Chicago. Overhauled at Al Schwimmer’s Intercontinental Airways in Burbank. Proposed sale to Capital Airlines not completed. Purchased by EL AL and delivered Apr 51, registered as 4X-AKC 15 Jul 51. Converted to a Model 149 and referred to by EL AL as a 249. Arrived in Israel, week of 8 Aug 51. While on a scheduled flight from London to Tel Aviv via Vienna on 27 Jul 55, shot down by Bulgarian MiG-15 fighters over Bulgaria, a few miles from the Greek-Bulgarian border, with all 7 crew and 51 passengers killed. 

Model 49-46-10/C-69-5-LO. MSN 1980. Allocated USAAF serial 42-94559, but not taken up and registered as NC90606 to Lockheed Aircraft Corp, 21 May 46. Converted to Model 49-51-26 by Lockheed Aircraft Service (LAS), New York, for British Overseas Airways Corp, and registered in UK as G-AHEN, 1 Jul 46. Named Baltimore by BOAC, converted to Model 49-46-26 and in service 31 Aug 46. Severely damaged after overshooting at Bristol-Filton, England, 8 Jan 51, on a training flight. Written off by BOAC but shipped by insurer as deck cargo to New York, Feb 51, and rebuilt by LAS at New York-Idlewild with parts of MSN 1966, an ex-military C-69. Sold to Kirk Kerkorian (Los Angeles Air Service ,4 Apr 51, registered N74192 19 Jun 51. Rebuild completed spring 52 and leased to California Hawaiian Airlines, Apr 52. Purchased by EL AL Oct 53, transferred 18 Dec 53 and registered as 4X-AKD, 24 Dec 53. Proposed sale Feb 59 to Transazur Airlines, Switzerland, as HB-IED not completed. Stored at Lod with 26,700 hours. Canceled from Israeli register, 12 Mar 61, sold to Universal Sky Tours, UK. Re-registered as G-AHEN. Transferred to Euravia (London) Ltd., May 62 (renamed Britannia Airways, Aug 64). Withdrawn from service at Luton, earlyr 65, and broken up..

Model 49-51-26. MSN 2061. Delivered 14 May 46 to Pan American as NC88861 (N88861 from 1949), named Clipper Atlantic and Clipper Winged Arrow. Converted to Model 49-46-26. Leased to Cubana 9 Jun 53 as CU-T532. Bought by Bandes Bank for Cubana 30 Jun 55. Purchased by EL AL Oct 55 and delivered Dec 55, registered as 4X-AKE, 16 Dec 55. In service by Feb 56. Proposed sale Feb 59 to Transazur Airlines, Switzerland, as HB-IEC not completed. Registration canceled 6 Feb 62, and transferred to Israel Aircraft Industries. Stored at Lod for possible IDF/AF use, but not taken up; remained stored until at least 1965. Removed to location adjacent to Avia Hotel in Yehud for possible use as a restaurant, but broken up late 1960s. 

Note: EL AL leased Model 749A Constellations during Oct-Dec 55 from South African Airways, and Model 1049 Super Constellations from KLM during 1961-62, for Tel Aviv- Johannesburg service.