Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
A USAF Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Douglas C-54E Skymaster (registration 44-9115) is being loaded with cargo by a forklift truck, Haneda AFB, Japan, 1950 - part of the deployment of the 336th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron to Korea. Two Air Force officers walk by. A DC-3 and a DC-4 are in the background. Written on album page - "Loading for Korea. Haneda AFB, Tokyo Jap". Album page 10.
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Air bases, American
- Military bases, American--Japan
- Aeronautics
- Air pilots
- Airplanes