Registration / Serial: | N5254L |
Alternate Registration: | NX5245L |
Military Code: | S-9 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless |
C/n (msn): | |
Display Paint: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Madras - Municipal (MDJ / S33)Map |
Region / Country: | Oregon, United States |
Collection: | Erickson Aircraft Collection |
Photo Date: | 28 August 2022 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |
Photo ID: | 748579Submit Correction |
View count: | 78 |
Built as 42-60817 an A-24 Banshee for use by the US Army as a target tug. Sold in 1958 to the City of Portland as N9142H for mosquito spraying and flown for them until 1965. Registered as N15749 and taken to the Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola where the aircraft was displayed as SBD-3 Dauntless '2-S-12'. Bought by the Erickson collection in 1994 and registered (as an A-24 Banshee) N5254L, initially displayed at Tillamook, it is now fully restored to SBD-3 standard and part of the airworthy fleet at Madras.
Registration / Serial: | N5254L |
Alternate Registration: | NX5245L |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless |
C/n (msn): | |
Display Paint: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Madras - Municipal (MDJ / S33)Map | Region / Country: | Oregon, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 August 2022 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |
Registration / Serial: | N5254L |
Alternate Registration: | NX5245L |
Military Code: | S-9 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless |
C/n (msn): | |
Display Paint: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Madras - Municipal (MDJ / S33)Map |
Region / Country: | Oregon, United States |
Collection: | Erickson Aircraft Collection |
Photo Date: | 28 August 2022 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |
Photo ID: | 748579Submit Correction |
View count: | 78 |
Built as 42-60817 an A-24 Banshee for use by the US Army as a target tug. Sold in 1958 to the City of Portland as N9142H for mosquito spraying and flown for them until 1965. Registered as N15749 and taken to the Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola where the aircraft was displayed as SBD-3 Dauntless '2-S-12'. Bought by the Erickson collection in 1994 and registered (as an A-24 Banshee) N5254L, initially displayed at Tillamook, it is now fully restored to SBD-3 standard and part of the airworthy fleet at Madras.
Registration / Serial: | N5254L |
Alternate Registration: | NX5245L |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless |
C/n (msn): | |
Display Paint: | USA - Navy |
City / Airport: | Madras - Municipal (MDJ / S33)Map | Region / Country: | Oregon, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 August 2022 |
Photo by: | Tim SpearmanContact |