Aircraft Photo of Not known | Douglas C-39 | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #393414
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:Not known
Military Code:62TG20
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-39
C/n (msn):Not known
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Unit Markings:62 TG
Location
City / Airport:Oakland - Metropolitan Oakland InternationalMap
Region / Country:California, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KOAK   IATA: OAK   Local: OAK   Other: -
 
Photo Date:September 1941
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Photo ID: 393414
Photo Comment

This camouflaged C-39 (we called it warpaint then) was taken in September 1941. This was close to the end of the red center national insignia use. The aircraft was from the Sacramento Air Depot and was plane number 20 of the 62nd Transport Group which had been activated in December 1940. The serial of the aircraft is not known. For that you would need to walk up close and inspect the data block below the cockpit. A C-39 has a DC-2 fuselage and wings, and a DC-3 tail unit, centre-section and landing gear. Thirty-five C-39s were built.

This photo is copyright © William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins), and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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