Aircraft Photo of NC25643 | Douglas DC-3A-228C | Pan American Airways System - PAA

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NC25643
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas DC-3A-228C
C/n (msn):	2230
Operator Titles:	Pan American Airways System - PAA

Location
City / Airport:	Fairbanks - Weeks Field (closed)
Region / Country:	Alaska, United States
Airport Codes:	None

Photo Date:	June 1940 to July 1944
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	665935

Photo Comment
What became of this 1940 DC-3 is unclear. It may have been leased to the US Navy as BuNo 99099, which is listed as lost over spurious 'Yamagaga in North Pacific' on 16 February 1944. NC25643 cancelled in July 1944. Alternatively it went to Mexico as XA-CAM. Photo from Clyde Smith, Pan Am station manager in Fairbanks, and probably taken at old Weeks Field which could be used by DC-3s 'with caution'. At times of bad conditions, airlines were allowed to use Ladd Army Airfield from 1940. Photo from: SFO Museum This photo was added on 13 March 2024, and has since been viewed 247 times.

Photo Comment

What became of this 1940 DC-3 is unclear. It may have been leased to the US Navy as BuNo 99099, which is listed as lost over spurious 'Yamagaga in North Pacific' on 16 February 1944. NC25643 cancelled in July 1944. Alternatively it went to Mexico as XA-CAM. Photo from Clyde Smith, Pan Am station manager in Fairbanks, and probably taken at old Weeks Field which could be used by DC-3s 'with caution'. At times of bad conditions, airlines were allowed to use Ladd Army Airfield from 1940. Photo from: SFO Museum

This photo was added on 13 March 2024, and has since been viewed 247 times.

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