![Image of : Douglas C-54E Skymaster; Air Force, Units, 336th Fighter Squadron; Korean War. [photograph]](https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/collection-objects/record-images/NASM-NASM-9A09976-12B.jpg "Douglas C-54E Skymaster; Air Force, Units, 336th Fighter Squadron; Korean War. [photograph]")
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
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum Archives
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photographer
Ward Hitt, Jr
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Date
1950
Place
Japan
Repository Loc.
National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Type
Photographs
Local number
NASM-9A09976-12B
