Aircraft Photo of NC19908 | Boeing 307B Stratoliner | TWA - Transcontinental and Western Air

Aircraft
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
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
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 Photo taken before TWA's five Stratoliners were withdrawn from LA - NY route on 24 December 1941 to be operated on behalf of the USAAF.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 376 times.

Photo Comment

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 Photo taken before TWA's five Stratoliners were withdrawn from LA - NY route on 24 December 1941 to be operated on behalf of the USAAF.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 376 times.

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