Boeing SA-307B Stratoliner

Boeing SA-307B Stratoliner

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12/31/2007. Built as the second of five SA-307Bs for TWA this aircraft was registered as NX19906. It was temporary registered as NX1940 for a pre-service tour on TWA routes and advertised as "The 1940 Airliner". Thereafter the aircraft was re-registered NC19906. Together with many others the TWA 307s were impressed by the USAAF in 1942, while designated C-75 and carrying a USAAF serial (42-88623 for this aircraft), they were flown by TWA crews.

In July 1944 these aircraft were returned to TWA and subsequently rebuilt as SA-307B-1s. TWA sold the five aircraft to the French airline Aigle Azur in 1951, NC19906 became F-BELU. Thereafter it went to Air Laos in 1952, to Airnautic in November 1959, to CITCA 1965, and registered as XW-TFP to Cambodia Air Commercial in 1974. It was written off in a forced landing in Mekong River in 1975.


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12/31/2007. Built as the second of five SA-307Bs for TWA this aircraft was registered as NX19906. It was temporary registered as NX1940 for a pre-service tour on TWA routes and advertised as "The 1940 Airliner". Thereafter the aircraft was re-registered NC19906. Together with many others the TWA 307s were impressed by the USAAF in 1942, while designated C-75 and carrying a USAAF serial (42-88623 for this aircraft), they were flown by TWA crews. In July 1944 these aircraft were returned to TWA and subsequently rebuilt as SA-307B-1s. TWA sold the five aircraft to the French airline Aigle Azur in 1951, NC19906 became F-BELU. Thereafter it went to Air Laos in 1952, to Airnautic in November 1959, to CITCA 1965, and registered as XW-TFP to Cambodia Air Commercial in 1974. It was written off in a forced landing in Mekong River in 1975.