Registration / Serial:N55CX
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):139
Operator Titles:Western World Retrievals
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:11 September 1986
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:436641Submit Correction
View count: 282
Ex US Army U-1A 55-3288. To N1457H in 1973 and used as an instructional airframe at Merril Field, Anchorage. Later civilianized by Western World Retrievals who used it on a 1985-86 expedition to Greenland (note the "Western World Retrievals Inc - Greenland Expedition 85-86" logo), in an attempt to find and retrieve six P-38 Lightnings which, having made a forced landing there in 1942, became buried under the icecap. In 1988 the aircraft was damaged near Wrangell AK, while registered to Diamond Aviation, when it hit a snow-bank in poor visibility. While attempting to salvage the damaged Otter, a Bell 205 dropped it from 1,500ft resulting in a total write off!
Registration / Serial:N55CX
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):139
Operator Titles:Western World Retrievals
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:11 September 1986
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:N55CX
Aircraft Original Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
Aircraft Generic Type:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (U-1/UC)
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):139
Operator Titles:Western World Retrievals
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:11 September 1986
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:436641Submit Correction
View count: 282
Ex US Army U-1A 55-3288. To N1457H in 1973 and used as an instructional airframe at Merril Field, Anchorage. Later civilianized by Western World Retrievals who used it on a 1985-86 expedition to Greenland (note the "Western World Retrievals Inc - Greenland Expedition 85-86" logo), in an attempt to find and retrieve six P-38 Lightnings which, having made a forced landing there in 1942, became buried under the icecap. In 1988 the aircraft was damaged near Wrangell AK, while registered to Diamond Aviation, when it hit a snow-bank in poor visibility. While attempting to salvage the damaged Otter, a Bell 205 dropped it from 1,500ft resulting in a total write off!
Registration / Serial:N55CX
Aircraft Version:De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
C/n (msn):139
Operator Titles:Western World Retrievals
City / Airport:Seattle - Boeing Field / King County International (KBFI / BFI)Map
Region / Country:Washington, United States
Photo Date:11 September 1986
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact