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    Airframe Family: Boeing B314 Clipper / C-98
    Latest Model:314 Clipper
    Last Military Serial:48224 USN
    Construction Number:1989
    Last Civil Registration:N18602 {2}
    Compressed ID:Boeing 314 sn 48224 USN cn 1989 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:World Airways Inc, New York, NY

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    Dates

    Event

    1939

    Constructed as a 314.

    1939

    To Pan American World Airways with new c/r NC18602.
    Operated with markings: California Clipper

    1940


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Pan Am Boeing 314 loading at Treasure Island in 1940.

    By 13 December 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 48224.

    To Pan American World Airways with new c/r NC18602.


    Photographer: Gordon Permann Collection

    1946

    The last Pan Am 314 to be retired, the California Clipper NC18602, in 1946, had accumulated more than a million flight miles.

    From 19 April 1948 to Circa 1950

    To World Airways Inc, New York, NY with new c/r N18602 {2}.

    Scrapped.

    5 May 1954

    Civil registration, N18602 {2}, cancelled.


    Photographer: THOMPSON PRODUCTIONS
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