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Old 8th Sep 2014, 18:38
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A30yoyo
 
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C2j....I've now looked through the Eastern DC-3s tail numbers 10000-39999 and they're all built with Wright engines except 16070-16072 which were briefly leased from United in 1938.Eastern plainly had a strong preference for the Wright engine DC-3 and took several back from the RFC post-war which had been impressed as C-49s from American, TWA and Delta.
So the 10 listed * are the ones to look out for in photos...I think there's a good chance Eastern did have them converted to Wrights.
*45331 45332 45369 45381 86562 86569 86584 86597 88808 88809

There was a press photo of Charles Bailey's crash in 'Hands Off' on ebay...perhaps you'll find out something.He ran an FBO at an N.C. airfield apparently
1950 Press Photo Charles Bailey killed in a crash of the smallest aircraft | eBay
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