Braniff
Airways Douglas DC-2-112
NC13715 (c/n 1241)
The DC-2s and DC-3s
of Braniff were referred to as 'B-Liners'. This DC-2, seen flying
over a
pre-War Dallas in this Braniff
photograph, had a varied career. It was originally
delivered to TWA
in June of 1934. It
was sold to Braniff three years later when 'The Lindbergh Line' as TWA
dubbed itself in those days,
received its DC-3s. As WW II got into its stride NC13715 was
impressed into
the US Army Air Corps as a C-32A serial number 42-70863.
Upon being
decommisioned it went to Northeast
Airlines (why not back to Braniff?), but almost immediately
(within a few
days) was on the fleet of American Airlines. It was last seen at
Burbank in 1947
and presumably broken up.