Registration / Serial:XB-QUC
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee
Aircraft Version:Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless
C/n (msn):6046
Operator Titles:Compañía Mexicana Aerofoto
City / Airport:Santa Ana - John Wayne / Orange County (KSNA / SNA)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:July 1964
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Photo ID:387200Submit Correction
View count: 617
Carries small "C.I.A. Mex - Aerofoto SA" titles. Had recently been acquired by Tallmantz Aviation (Paul Mantz and Frank Tallman), but was not used. To Ed Maloney's The Air Museum in 1966, and sold as N54532 in 1971. To the Confederate Air Force in 1978 and restored in US Navy markings with its original BuNo 54532. To N82GA in 1996 and still current with the Commemorative Air Force by 2021. See here for many more photos of this airframe.
Registration / Serial:XB-QUC
Aircraft Version:Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless
C/n (msn):6046
Operator Titles:Compañía Mexicana Aerofoto
City / Airport:Santa Ana - John Wayne / Orange County (KSNA / SNA)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:July 1964
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Registration / Serial:XB-QUC
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas SBD Dauntless/A-24 Banshee
Aircraft Version:Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless
C/n (msn):6046
Operator Titles:Compañía Mexicana Aerofoto
City / Airport:Santa Ana - John Wayne / Orange County (KSNA / SNA)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:July 1964
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)
Photo ID:387200Submit Correction
View count: 617
Carries small "C.I.A. Mex - Aerofoto SA" titles. Had recently been acquired by Tallmantz Aviation (Paul Mantz and Frank Tallman), but was not used. To Ed Maloney's The Air Museum in 1966, and sold as N54532 in 1971. To the Confederate Air Force in 1978 and restored in US Navy markings with its original BuNo 54532. To N82GA in 1996 and still current with the Commemorative Air Force by 2021. See here for many more photos of this airframe.
Registration / Serial:XB-QUC
Aircraft Version:Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless
C/n (msn):6046
Operator Titles:Compañía Mexicana Aerofoto
City / Airport:Santa Ana - John Wayne / Orange County (KSNA / SNA)Map
Region / Country:California, United States
Photo Date:July 1964
Photo by:William T. Larkins (Bill Larkins)