| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 42-86917 |
| Alternate Serial: | 286917 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss C-76 Caravan (CW-27) |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss C-76 Caravan (CW-27) |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss C-76 Caravan |
| C/n (msn): | 25 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 28 June 1943 to 31 August 1943 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 411959 |
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The C-76 was built of wood as a precaution against aluminium shortages but these did not arise in America during WWII. The type also had lots of issues. The first YC-76, 42-86918, lost its tail and crashed one week after its first flight in May 1943. The War Department swiftly cancelled its orders in August 1943. Eleven YC-76 and nine YC-76A airframes were completed by a new Curtiss plant in Kentucky, and five C-76s with lower serial numbers, including this machine, in Buffalo. The US roundel with a red outline was used during the summer of 1943. The chase plane is a CW-22B, NC19446. Photo by: Hans Groenhoff / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 14 November 2021, and has since been viewed 1387 times. |