| Registration / Serial: | 55-291 |
| Alternate Serial: | 5291 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair VC-131D |
| C/n (msn): | 212 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map |
| Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Prestwick Air Show 1959 |
| Photo Date: | 16 May 1959 |
| Photo from: | McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |
| Photo ID: | 405143Submit Correction |
| View count: | 489 |
It carries the two-star rank insignia of a major-general just behind the flightdeck window. Disaster struck on 17 December 1960 when it crashed on take-off from Munich (EDDM). Twenty people on board and 32 on the ground lost their lives.
| Registration / Serial: | 55-291 |
| Alternate Serial: | 5291 |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair VC-131D |
| C/n (msn): | 212 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map | Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 May 1959 |
| Photo from: | McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |
| Registration / Serial: | 55-291 |
| Alternate Serial: | 5291 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Convair 240 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Convair 340/440/540/580/640 (C-131) |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair VC-131D |
| C/n (msn): | 212 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map |
| Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Event: | Prestwick Air Show 1959 |
| Photo Date: | 16 May 1959 |
| Photo from: | McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |
| Photo ID: | 405143Submit Correction |
| View count: | 489 |
It carries the two-star rank insignia of a major-general just behind the flightdeck window. Disaster struck on 17 December 1960 when it crashed on take-off from Munich (EDDM). Twenty people on board and 32 on the ground lost their lives.
| Registration / Serial: | 55-291 |
| Alternate Serial: | 5291 |
| Aircraft Version: | Convair VC-131D |
| C/n (msn): | 212 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| City / Airport: | Glasgow - Prestwick (EGPK / PIK)Map | Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 16 May 1959 |
| Photo from: | McIntyre Collection (via Tim Martin)Contact |