Aircraft Photo of No Reg | Sikorsky S-43 | AirHistory.net #833723
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:No Reg
Military Code:2-MJ-4
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-43
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-43 (JRS)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky S-43
C/n (msn):4325
Location
City / Area:Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Region / Country:Arizona, United States
Collection:Pima Air Museum
 
Photo Date:8 April 1989
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 833723
Photo Comment

Being restored. Delivered to Inter-Island Airways as NC16934 in 1937 . To Alaska Airlines as N16934 in 1949. Damaged and sank in Chignik Bay, AK in 1951. Wreck salvaged and donated to the US Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum, Quantico VA in 1981. Loaned to Pima in 1988 and restored in fake US Marines markings as 1061. The real 1061 was destroyed by fire in 1942.

This photo is copyright © Paul Seymour, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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