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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 | |
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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 |
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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. It was added on 4 March 2019, and has since been viewed 13504 times. |