Contributed by Presque Isle Air Museum
Description
A Northeast Airlines DC-3 is parked at the post World War II Presque Isle Air Terminal Building on outer Mechanic Street bordering Presque Isle Army Air Field.
Northeast Airlines DC-3s (as redesignated C-47s) and Northeast Airlines air crews performed survey and rescue flights from Presque Isle from 1941-1945. Commercial service resumed at the airfield about mid 1945.
About This Item
- Title: Northeast Airlines DC-3, Presque Isle, ca. 1945
- Creation Date: circa 1945
- Subject Date: circa 1945
- Location: Mechanic Street, Presque Isle, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 25 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Douglas DC-3 (Transport plane)--Photographs
- Jet transports
- United States. Army Air Forces--Equipment and supplies
- World War, 1939-1945
- United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command
- Airports--Maine--Presque Isle
- United States. Air Force
- Northeast Airlines--Equipment and supplies
Other Keywords
- airplane
- Airports
- C-47
- DC-3
- Douglas
- Mechanic Street
- Northeast Airlines
- Presque Isle Air Terminal Building
- Presque Isle Army Air Field
For more information about this item, contact:
Presque Isle Air Museum650 Airport Drive Suite 4, Presque Isle, ME 04769
(207) 764-2543
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