DHC-3 Otter Archive Master Index

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c/n 87

55-3249
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c/n 87

55-3249

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• 55-3249 United States Army. Delivered 21-Jan-1956.

937th Engineer Company for use on the Inter American Geodetic Survey (IAGS), Howard AFB, Panama. Other details unknown.

• 55-3249 Deleted from the inventory in April 1969 as the result of a crash, details unfortunately unknown.

• Written off •

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Otter 87 was delivered to the United States Army on 21st January 1956 with serial number 55- 3249 (tail number 53249). It was the last of the batch of six Otters (tail numbers 53244 to 53249 inclusive) delivered that day to the 937th Engineer Company for use on the Inter American Geodetic Survey (IAGS), as explained in relation to number 82. The Otter spent the entire of its Army career flying with the IAGS and was deleted from the inventory in April 1969 as the result of a crash, details unfortunately unknown.

Full history courtesy of Karl E. Hayes © from DHC-3 Otter: A History (2005).

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