Aircraft Photo of 64243 / AS64243 | Curtiss Eagle III | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #664687
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:64243
Alternate Serial:AS64243
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss Eagle
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss Eagle
Aircraft Version:Curtiss Eagle III
C/n (msn):[ 64243 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
Location:Not known
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
 
Photo Date:16 March 1921
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 664687
Photo Comment

The Eagle, only retrospectively designated Model 19 by Curtiss, was a 1919 airliner with a nicely crafted fuselage seating eight people, including the one or two pilots. It was originally a trimotor. The Eagle II was a twin and the Eagle III was powered by single 400-hp Liberty engine. Only a few Eagles were built, the only customer being the US Army Air Service which bought three Eagle IIIs. Optimistically called a 'hospital ship', s/n 64243 was equipped as a four-litter ambulance, but crashed on 28 May 1921. The pilot and all six passengers were killed. Photo from: National Library of Medicine

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