Aircraft Photo of 1242 | Douglas C-32A | USA - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	1242
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-2
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-2 (C-39/42/R2D)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas C-32A
C/n (msn):	1242
Operator Titles:	USA - Air Force

Location
Location:	Not known
Region / Country:	Unknown State, United States

Photo Date:	30 June 1942
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	761534

Photo Comment
This is not USAAF s/n 41-242 which was an AT-6A. It is almost certainly c/n 1242, the sixth DC-2 built, NC13716 with TWA and with Braniff Airways from 1937. Braniff's DC-2 fleet went to the Defense Supply Corporation (DSC) as of 1 June 1942. NC13716 was converted to a C-32A and was taken on charge by the USAAF on 18 June as 42-61095. The photo was apparently taken in the same month. The unidentified emblem worn might depict the tailfin of a large aircraft. The letters underneath read ASC or ASG, not DSC. Does anyone know more? Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 24 December 2024, and has since been viewed 135 times.

Photo Comment

This is not USAAF s/n 41-242 which was an AT-6A. It is almost certainly c/n 1242, the sixth DC-2 built, NC13716 with TWA and with Braniff Airways from 1937. Braniff's DC-2 fleet went to the Defense Supply Corporation (DSC) as of 1 June 1942. NC13716 was converted to a C-32A and was taken on charge by the USAAF on 18 June as 42-61095. The photo was apparently taken in the same month. The unidentified emblem worn might depict the tailfin of a large aircraft. The letters underneath read ASC or ASG, not DSC. Does anyone know more? Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution

This photo was added on 24 December 2024, and has since been viewed 135 times.

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