Built for John S Phipps, New York in 1937. Citizens from North Carolina raised money to donate it to Britain as an ambulance, but following Pearl Harbor it is seen here being presented to the US Navy instead. Supposedly it would accommodate four stretcher cases, two sitting cases and a medic. Entered service as a JRF-1, BuNo 07004. Already withdrawn from use in July 1942 according to Joe Baugher, but Geoff Goodall's record has it struck off charge at Cherry Point, North Carolina in July 1944. Photo by: Thomas McAvoy / Life