Pan American Airways  Douglas DC-3-228F   NC33611                    (c/n  4102)

                                 

                                     Although Pan American operated a number of DC-2s, I unfortunately do not have a photograph
                                     of one of them.   The DC-3 above was delivered new to the airline in 1941 and used on the
                                     Caribbean routes.  Notable is the fact that the aircraft is now bearing "Pan American World
                                     Airways" titling.  Unfortunately NC33611 crashed while taking off at Piarco Airport, Port of
                                     Spain, Trinidad on 4 June 1945 and was written off.  During WW II most of Pan Am's DC-3s
                                     were used in the Latin American Division.   After the war several at least four (NC54227/79008/
                                     79009/79010) were based in London and operated on the inter-European services.   The shot
                                     below of sister ship NC33613 is from the Dax M.. Roman collection and shows a sister ship at
                                     Santa Domingo Airport in the Dominica Republic.  This aircraft later was sold off as N797V.
                                     The ex  C-47A-DK at the bottom of the page, N54705, c/n 12844, shows a Pan Am DC-3
                                     used on South American routes in the late 1940s after white top livery had been applied. 
                                     Photo courtesy the Brian Baker Collection.

                                 Pan American Airways  Douglas DC-3-228F   NC33613                    (c/n  4104)