
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | NC19908 |
Fleet number: | 403 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Boeing 307 Stratoliner |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Boeing 307 Stratoliner |
Aircraft Version: | Boeing 307B Stratoliner |
C/n (msn): | 2000 |
Operator Titles: | TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan InternationalMap |
Region / Country: | Massachusetts, United States |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: KBOS IATA: BOS Local: BOS Other: - |
Photo Date: | May 1940 to December 1941 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 637126 |
Photo Comment |
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Name Apache not initially applied. Photo taken before TWA's five Stratoliners were withdrawn from LA - NY route on 24 December 1941 to be operated on behalf of the USAAF. NC19908 was the first Stratoliner to land in Britain in April 1942.. Operated again by TWA from 1944 until 1948, then to Aigle Azur as F-BELY. Operated in war-torn Southeast Asia for many years. Last reg XW-PGR of Royal Air Lao. Damaged in a collision with a C-47 at Luang Prabang in February 1972 and scrapped due to lack of spares. Photo by: Leslie Jones / Boston Public Library This photo was added on 1 January 2024, and has since been viewed 375 times. |