Aircraft Photo of HP385 | Douglas C-74 Globemaster

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	HP385
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas C-74 Globemaster
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas C-74 Globemaster
Aircraft Version:	Douglas C-74 Globemaster
C/n (msn):	13915
Aircraft Name:	Heracles

Location
City / Airport:	Rotterdam / The HagueMap
Country:	Netherlands
Airport Codes:	ICAO: EHRD IATA: RTM Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	1 August 1963
Photo by:	Peter Vercruijsse
Photo ID:	128963

Photo Comment
Built in Jul-1946 and delivered 26-May-1948 as USAF 42-65404. Early 1956 it was flown into storage at Davis-Monthan AFB. In 1959 it became N3182G and end 1962 it was registered HP385. It was based in Copenhagen mainly to fly cattle to the Middle East. It crashed 09-Oct-1963 into high terrain 13km S of Marseille-Marignane airport in France after catastrophic propeller failure and an engine separating from the wing after it had taken off at night from the wrong runway. This photo is copyright © Peter Vercruijsse, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 4 March 2019, and has since been viewed 13212 times.

Photo Comment

Built in Jul-1946 and delivered 26-May-1948 as USAF 42-65404. Early 1956 it was flown into storage at Davis-Monthan AFB. In 1959 it became N3182G and end 1962 it was registered HP385. It was based in Copenhagen mainly to fly cattle to the Middle East. It crashed 09-Oct-1963 into high terrain 13km S of Marseille-Marignane airport in France after catastrophic propeller failure and an engine separating from the wing after it had taken off at night from the wrong runway.

It was added on 4 March 2019, and has since been viewed 13212 times.

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