Aircraft Photo of 42-58507 / 258507 | Cessna UC-78 Bobcat (T-50) | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #818923
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:42-58507
Alternate Serial:258507
Aircraft Original Type:Cessna T-50 Bobcat
Aircraft Generic Type:Cessna T-50 Bobcat (AT-8/AT-17/C-78/JRC/Crane)
Aircraft Version:Cessna UC-78 Bobcat (T-50)
C/n (msn):3998
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Unknown State, United States
 
Photo Date:June 1943 to December 1943
Photo from:Peter de Jong Collection
Photo ID: 818923
Photo Comment

The Bobcat wears the short-lived 1943 US insignia of August 1943 with the new bar outlined in red. Photograph assumed taken in America. Aircraft sent overseas as a communications plane. Fatally crashed near Paris on 12 December 1944. It was then based at Advanced Landing Ground A-47, better known as Orly.

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