Aircraft Photo of HP385 | Douglas C-74 Globemaster | AirHistory.net #128963
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:HP385
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-74 Globemaster
C/n (msn):13915
Aircraft Name:Heracles
Location
City / Airport:Rotterdam / The HagueMap
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:ICAO: EHRD   IATA: RTM   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1 August 1963
Photo by:Peter Vercruijsse
Photo ID: 128963
Photo Comment

Built in Jul-1946 and delivered 26-May-1948 as USAF 42-65404. Early 1956 it was flown into storage at Davis-Monthan AFB. In 1959 it became N3182G and end 1962 it was registered HP385. It was based in Copenhagen mainly to fly cattle to the Middle East. It crashed 09-Oct-1963 into high terrain 13km S of Marseille-Marignane airport in France after catastrophic propeller failure and an engine separating from the wing after it had taken off at night from the wrong runway.

This photo is copyright © Peter Vercruijsse, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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