| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N803W |
| Alternate Registration: | NC803W |
| Fleet number: | 2 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Sikorsky S-39 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Sikorsky S-39 |
| Aircraft Version: | Sikorsky S-39B |
| C/n (msn): | 904 |
| Operator Titles: | Civil Air Patrol |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Windsor Locks - Bradley InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Connecticut, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KBDL IATA: BDL Local: BDL Other: - |
| Collection: | New England Air Museum |
| Photo Date: | August 1975 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 723164 |
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One of three surviving S-39 amphibians of the 21 built in the early 1930s, NC803W flown by the Civil Air Patrol during WW2 on U-boat spotting missions. It was recovered from Alaska in 1963 as a crashed wreck, with restoration at NEAM completed in 1996 This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 2 September 2024, and has since been viewed 99 times. |