Aircraft Photo of 39294 | Budd RB-1 Conestoga | USA - Navy

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	39294
Aircraft Original Type:	Budd RB-1 Conestoga
Aircraft Generic Type:	Budd RB-1/C-93 Conestoga
Aircraft Version:	Budd RB-1 Conestoga
C/n (msn):	003
Operator Titles:	USA - Navy

Location
Location:	Not known
Region / Country:	Unknown State, United States

Photo Date:	March 1944 to July 1945
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	401542

Photo Comment
The Budd Company from Philadelphia was a leader in welded steel and its application in trains and cars. As a precaution against aluminum shortages, the US military awarded them contracts for a steel transport aircraft during World War II. The Conestoga was of modern configuration but unsurprisingly it was heavy and sluggish. Seventeen RB-1s were still completed for the US Navy and some of these saw use with civil operators. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 15 October 2021, and has since been viewed 804 times.

Photo Comment

The Budd Company from Philadelphia was a leader in welded steel and its application in trains and cars. As a precaution against aluminum shortages, the US military awarded them contracts for a steel transport aircraft during World War II. The Conestoga was of modern configuration but unsurprisingly it was heavy and sluggish. Seventeen RB-1s were still completed for the US Navy and some of these saw use with civil operators. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

This photo was added on 15 October 2021, and has since been viewed 804 times.

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