Aircraft Photo of NC11V | Sikorsky S-38B

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	NC11V
Aircraft Original Type:	Sikorsky S-38
Aircraft Generic Type:	Sikorsky S-38
Aircraft Version:	Sikorsky S-38B
C/n (msn):	314-15
Aircraft Name:	Silver Wings

Location
City / Airport:	Paris - Le BourgetMap
Country:	France
Airport Codes:	ICAO: LFPB IATA: LBG Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	January 1932
Photo from:	AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:	784538

Photo Comment
Built in 1930. Shipped to Europe for a tour of the Mediterranean by American socialite Margery Durant, December 1931 to May 1932. The pilot was Charles LaJotte. Aircraft was painted blue according to glass-plate slides which were hand-coloured early on. To Sweden as SE-EKN in 1934 for a Stockholm - Gothenburg service. Bought by the Basque government in 1936 and flown to Bilbao via Groningen and Amsterdam to be used in Spanish Civil War on Republican side, but shot down by a Republican Polikarpov I-15 on 30 July 1937, lacking Republican markings. Photo from: Bibliothèque nationale de France - Gallica This photo was added on 1 March 2025, and has since been viewed 101 times.

Photo Comment

Built in 1930. Shipped to Europe for a tour of the Mediterranean by American socialite Margery Durant, December 1931 to May 1932. The pilot was Charles LaJotte. Aircraft was painted blue according to glass-plate slides which were hand-coloured early on. To Sweden as SE-EKN in 1934 for a Stockholm - Gothenburg service. Bought by the Basque government in 1936 and flown to Bilbao via Groningen and Amsterdam to be used in Spanish Civil War on Republican side, but shot down by a Republican Polikarpov I-15 on 30 July 1937, lacking Republican markings. Photo from: Bibliothèque nationale de France - Gallica

This photo was added on 1 March 2025, and has since been viewed 101 times.

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