Empire Air Lines Boeing 247D  NC41814                       (c/n  1735)

                                    

                                         Thius rare color shot  is from the Betrt Zimmerly Jr collection, via Patrick Rodwell.  N41814
                                         was formerly Boeing Air Transport's NC13353, and then incorporated into United Air Lines
                                         in 1934.   It was sold in Canada as CF-BTC and impressed into the RCAF in WW KII as
                                         serIal no 7840.   Zimmerly Air Lines acquired it in July 1945 before being renamed Empire
                                         Air Lines in September 1946.   It finally wound up in Mexico as XA-KAN and was active
                                         u ntil at least 1959.