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Title	American Airlines Douglas DC-3 "DST" NC-14988 in flight, ca. 1936-1942
Description	American Airlines Douglas DC-3 "DST" NC 14988 in flight, ca. 1936-1942. The plane has eight windows in its side and a long window over the cockpit at left. Roads sector off the square farms on the land below.; "This airplane was the first DC-3 and was configured as the first Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST). It was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, CA as NX-14988 in December 1935 under ATC# 607. It was assigned S/N 1494 with two Wright Cyclone SGR-1820-G-5 engines (S/N R-22863; L-22862). It was a 31-place airplane.After testing, it sold to American Air Lines, Chicago, IL on April 28, 1936 and was approved for "NC" registration on May 4, 1936 with 112.5 flight hours... As WWII spooled up, on May 25, 1942 the airplane was sold to the Defense Supplies Corp., Washington, DC, then to the War Department, Washington, DC on July 21, 1942. Its Civil Aeronautics Administration registration was cancelled and it was given USAAF serial number 42-43619 and operated under U.S. Army insignia. It was wrecked at Knobnoster, MO October 15, 1942" -- unknown author; www.dmairfield.com
Subject	American Airlines Corporation
Subject (lcsh)	Aeronautics Aircraft industry Airplanes
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1936/1942
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1936/1942
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographs
Accession number	39054
Call number	CHS-39054
Legacy record ID	chs-m24810
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-39054
Archival file	chs_Volume143/CHS-39054.tiff

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