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CONSTELLATION/48-613
"Bataan"



ADDITIONAL IMAGES

Serial #: 48-613
Construction #: 2605
Civil Registration:
  N422NA
  Model(s):
  C-121A
  VC-121A
Name: Bataan
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2003

History:
Delivered to USAF as 48-613.
- BOC: Jan. 1949.
- SOC:
- Converted to VC-121A, 1950.
- Personal aircraft of General MacArthur as "Bataan", Sept. 1950-Apr. 1951.
- Personal aircraft of General Ridgeway, 1952-1953.
- VIP Transport, Pacific Air Command HQ, 1953-1965.
- Stored, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ, Jan. 1966.
NASA, Goddard Space Center, Greenbelt, MD, June 1966-1969.
- Flown as NASA422.
- Modified as instrument aircraft.
- Registered as N422NA.
US Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, AL, March 10, 1970-1992.
Planes Of Fame Museum, Valle, AZ, 1993-2003.
- Registered as N422NA.

Source(s):
Federal Aviation Administration.
Constellation Survivors by Ralph M. Pettersen, Air Classics April 2004.
Connie Survivors.
Photo Source(s):
Fernando G. Ortega Solis.

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