| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 63882 |
| Alternate Serial: | AS63882 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Airco DH-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Airco DH-4 |
| Aircraft Version: | Airco DH-4M-2 |
| Licence-built by: | Atlantic |
| C/n (msn): | [ 63882 ] |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Massachusetts, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KBOS IATA: BOS Local: BOS Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 5 September 1924 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 640547 |
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Welcoming the Douglas World Cruisers to Boston. DH-4M-2 aircraft were remanufactured with steel tube fuselage frames by Atlantic Fokker. The autogenous welding technique of Fokker - or rather, his master welder, Reinhold Platz - was still advanced in the early 1920s, and the DH-4 work put the American Fokker factory into business. The badge worn seems to be a winged 1- see photo 649971. Photo by: Leslie Jones / Boston Public Library This photo was added on 10 January 2024, and has since been viewed 403 times. |