Douglas R4D-8 50772
United States Navy - Douglas R4D-8 50772 (MSN 43337) (ex USAAF / 14908/26353). Modified to R4D-8 with new MSN 43337 and operated as JM 772 from September 1952 to June 1954. The R4D-8 was the military version of the Super DC-3, which Douglas tried unsuccessfully to sell to civilian customers. The US Navy ordered Douglas to convert 100 existing R4D-5s to the Super DC-3 standard as the only significant customer
Picture No
13753417
Media ID
47819156
Size
5433px x 3499px
(5.6MB)
Credit
© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
unattributed photographer - scanned from original print by Herbert Felton
Date
circa 1953
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