Aircraft Photo of 12418 | Douglas R4D-5L Skytrain | USA - Navy | AirHistory.net #639875
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:12418
Military Code:(XD-) 8
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas R4D-5L Skytrain
C/n (msn):9358
Operator Titles:USA - Navy
Aircraft Name:Qué Será Será
Location
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman FieldMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KNPA   IATA: NPA   Local: NPA   Other: -
 
Photo Date:April 1990
Photo from:Augusto Laghi Collection
Photo ID: 639875
Photo Comment

Photographer unknown - ex USAAF 42-23496. Converted to R4D-5L in 1956. Named 'Que Sera Sera' after a popular song of the time, landed on the ice at the South Pole Oct 31, 1956. The aircraft's crew of seven were the first Americans to set foot on the South Pole and the first humans since Capt Robert F. Scott of the Royal Navy reached it in 1912.

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