Plunder of the Sun
Movie (1953)
Starring:
Glenn Ford (Al Colby)
Diana Lynn (Julie Barnes)
Patricia Medina (Anna Luz)
Francis L. Sullivan (Thomas Berrien)
American adventurer gets involved in archaeological artifact smuggling and treasure hunting in Mexico.
Douglas DC-3-357A (C-49C-DO)
Registration XA-JAG, c/n 4814. Built in 1941 as a DC-3-357A with registration NC28346 for Delta but not taken up. Instead to the USAAF with serial 41-7715 and redesignated C-49C. Back to the civilian market in 1945, to Pan Am with registration NC45396. To Mexicana as XA-JAG in 1949. Reregistered VP-HAI and leased to Maya Air from September 1963-April 1964. Retired in 1966 and left derelict at Mexico City Airport.
Douglas C-47A-30-DK Skytrain
Registration XA-GUJ, c/n 25354/13909. Built in 1943 for the USAAF with serial 43-48093. To Pan Am in 1945 as NC75737. To Mexicana in 1948 as XA-GUJ. On 24 September 1952, damaged by bomb mid-flight while operating Mexicana Flight 575. No fatalities, aircraft landed safely. To Aerotransportes Litoral Argentina in 1959 as LV-GHZ. Scrapped around 1972.
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