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Northeast Airlines DC-3, Presque Isle, ca. 1945

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MMN Item 16743 Item Details
Northeast Airlines DC-3, Presque Isle, ca. 1945
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Description

A Northeast Airlines DC-3 is parked at the post World War II Presque Isle Air Terminal Building on outer Mechanic Street bordering Presque Isle Army Air Field.

Northeast Airlines DC-3s (as redesignated C-47s) and Northeast Airlines air crews performed survey and rescue flights from Presque Isle from 1941-1945. Commercial service resumed at the airfield about mid 1945.

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