1936 Beechcraft B17R NC15816 sn 71

In May of 1936 this aircraft became the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic as Air Cargo aboard the German airship LZ-129, the "Von Hindenburg". On it's second crossing of the North Atlantic.

Associated-Press photo

In 1936 registered in Italy as I-IBIS.

Photo from the collection of Drè Peijmen

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