Curtiss C-46R Commando, N7848B / 273, Riddle Airlines (RD / AIR)
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Registration: N7848B
Construction Number: 273
Model Curtiss C-46R Commando
Operator: Riddle Airlines (RD / AIR)
Airport: London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), UK - England
Airshow: Heathrow - 60 Years of Heathrow
Photographer: Frank Hudson
Date Taken: 11/1957
Date Submitted: 03/05/2006
Commandos served Heathrow for El Al, Seaboard and famously Lufthansa/Capitol in the sixties, and there was a famous 'WWII ferry-back' from india abandoned near the tunnel mouth for months in '56, but this Riddle modified C-46R was on a sales tour. Better engines and fire protection to sweeten the F.A.A
Picture ID:1001298