Registration / Serial: | KL977 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster Mk.1 |
C/n (msn): | 10547 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
Location: | In Flight |
Country: | Not known |
Photo Date: | January 1945 to July 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 305987Submit Correction |
View count: | 762 |
Only ten Skymasters saw service with the RAF. The first was EW999, Churchill's personal aircraft, and this was the second, US serial 42-72442. It reached Britain in February 1945 and was sent to No 232 Sqn in India together with KL978. Uncle Sam wanted these capable Lend-Lease transports back after the end of the war and KL977 became a US Navy R5D-3, 91994. The airframe was still airworthy in the 2010s as N3054V with Alaska Air Fuel at Palmer, Alaska. Information from Airscape. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial: | KL977 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster Mk.1 |
C/n (msn): | 10547 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
Location: | In Flight | Country: | Not known |
Photo Date: | January 1945 to July 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Registration / Serial: | KL977 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster Mk.1 |
C/n (msn): | 10547 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
Location: | In Flight |
Country: | Not known |
Photo Date: | January 1945 to July 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 305987Submit Correction |
View count: | 762 |
Only ten Skymasters saw service with the RAF. The first was EW999, Churchill's personal aircraft, and this was the second, US serial 42-72442. It reached Britain in February 1945 and was sent to No 232 Sqn in India together with KL978. Uncle Sam wanted these capable Lend-Lease transports back after the end of the war and KL977 became a US Navy R5D-3, 91994. The airframe was still airworthy in the 2010s as N3054V with Alaska Air Fuel at Palmer, Alaska. Information from Airscape. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial: | KL977 |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54D Skymaster Mk.1 |
C/n (msn): | 10547 |
Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
Location: | In Flight | Country: | Not known |
Photo Date: | January 1945 to July 1946 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |