Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Steve's "Otters Of The Week"! .....by Karl E. Hayes
The de Havilland DHC-3 "Otter" overall has "spell-binding" historical documentation, and I am so glad Karl Hayes has done this magnificent job of bringing together all the documentation he could "unearth" into this singular format. Unfortunately, there were a few Otters that remain "shrouded" in mystery, and we may never know all their "chronological" details. The following three "successive" Otters basically had "single line" obituaries..............
All information is from Karl Hayes' "masterful" CD entitled:
De Havilland Canada
DHC-3 OTTER
A HISTORY
CONTACT KARL, CD PRICING and ORDERING INFO - De Havilland DHC-3 OTTER - A HISTORY by Karl E. Hayes
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Otter 244
Otter 244 was delivered to the Indian Air Force on 25th March 1958 with serial IM-1728. After test flying at Downsview, it was packed into a crate and shipped to India where it was re-assembled and entered service. It crashed and was written off in Indian Air Force service, details unfortunately unknown.
Otter 245
Otter 245 was delivered to the Indian Air Force on 21st April 1958 with serial IM-1729. After test flying at Downsview, it was packed into a crate and shipped to India, where it was re-assembled and entered service. It crashed and was written off in Indian Air Force service, details unfortunately unknown.
Otter 246
Otter 246 was delivered to the United States Army on 15th March 1958 with serial 57-6118 (tail number 76118). It was one of sixteen Army Otters delivered from Downsview to Addison, Texas for work to be done on them by Collins Radio Corporation. Most of this batch was then delivered to Europe although 76118 was painted in the red and white colour scheme and was delivered to a topographic unit. Unfortunately its unit allocation is unknown. 76118 was deleted from the Army inventory in March 1960 as the result of a crash in which it was destroyed.
- by Karl E. Hayes
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The "mystery" deepens and the "plot" thickens.......
CONTACT KARL, CD PRICING and ORDERING INFO - De Havilland DHC-3 OTTER - A HISTORY by Karl E. Hayes
All information is from Karl Hayes' "masterful" CD entitled:
De Havilland Canada
DHC-3 OTTER
A HISTORY
CONTACT KARL, CD PRICING and ORDERING INFO - De Havilland DHC-3 OTTER - A HISTORY by Karl E. Hayes
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Otter 244
Otter 244 was delivered to the Indian Air Force on 25th March 1958 with serial IM-1728. After test flying at Downsview, it was packed into a crate and shipped to India where it was re-assembled and entered service. It crashed and was written off in Indian Air Force service, details unfortunately unknown.
Otter 245
Otter 245 was delivered to the Indian Air Force on 21st April 1958 with serial IM-1729. After test flying at Downsview, it was packed into a crate and shipped to India, where it was re-assembled and entered service. It crashed and was written off in Indian Air Force service, details unfortunately unknown.
Otter 246
Otter 246 was delivered to the United States Army on 15th March 1958 with serial 57-6118 (tail number 76118). It was one of sixteen Army Otters delivered from Downsview to Addison, Texas for work to be done on them by Collins Radio Corporation. Most of this batch was then delivered to Europe although 76118 was painted in the red and white colour scheme and was delivered to a topographic unit. Unfortunately its unit allocation is unknown. 76118 was deleted from the Army inventory in March 1960 as the result of a crash in which it was destroyed.
- by Karl E. Hayes
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The "mystery" deepens and the "plot" thickens.......
CONTACT KARL, CD PRICING and ORDERING INFO - De Havilland DHC-3 OTTER - A HISTORY by Karl E. Hayes
