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The Naviera Colombiana was a short lived (1938-1949?) flying boat freight operation, operating out of Barranquille, Columbia.

 Identifier

NASM.1990.0057

Creator

Tkachick, Emil

Date

1938-1949

Provenance

Emil Tkachick, Gift, 1990, 1990-0057, NASM

Extent

0.15 Cubic feet ((3 folders))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs of aircraft and personnel of the Naviera Colombiana, along with photographs of seaplanes taken by Emil Tkachick. The following aircraft are represented: Consolidated PB2Y-3R 'Coronado' at Miami, FL; Northrop Gamma 2D, TWA; and Martin PBM-5 Mariner; Kawanishi H8K2 'Emily'; and the Dornier DO-335A-O 'Pfeil'. There are also prints of a tractor used to pull the Naviera Colombiana's Martin PBM-5 Mariners; of Don Carmichael, director of the Colombian freight operation Naviera Colombiana's Division; of Charles E. Stevenson, Chief of Inspection for Colombiana freight operation Naviera Colombiana; and of Emil Tkachick, in sea anchor cowling-up the engine of one of the Naviera Colombiana's Martin PBM-5s.

Rights

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Topics

Aeronautics, Commercial

Aeronautics -- South America

Aeronautics

Consolidated PB2Y-3 Coronado

Northrop Gamma 2D

Martin PBM-5 Mariner (Model 162F)

Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow)

Aeronautics, Commercial -- South America

Kawanishi H8K Emily (Navy Type 2 Flying Boat Model 12)

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs