141023 C-131F Samaritan
Based at Mildenhall for several years until replaced by C-12F Super King Airs.
This aircraft appears to have the distinction of being the only Convair to land and take off from an aircraft carrier. On 1 September 1966 it was, for one day, transferred from NAS Patuxent River to VA-76 on board the USS Bonne Homme Richard for this purpose.
www.amarcexperience.com/ui/index.php?option=com_content&a...
141023 was scrapped in December 2020.
Scan of an Ektachrome slide from my collection - not my own image.
141023 C-131F Samaritan
Based at Mildenhall for several years until replaced by C-12F Super King Airs.
This aircraft appears to have the distinction of being the only Convair to land and take off from an aircraft carrier. On 1 September 1966 it was, for one day, transferred from NAS Patuxent River to VA-76 on board the USS Bonne Homme Richard for this purpose.
www.amarcexperience.com/ui/index.php?option=com_content&a...
141023 was scrapped in December 2020.
Scan of an Ektachrome slide from my collection - not my own image.