Aircraft
The Convair C-131D Samaritan is a twin piston engined military transport with seating for 44 passengers, a variant of the Convair 340. Serial number 55-0291 was the first United States Air Force C-131 to be based in Europe, it first flew in April 1955 and had been based at RAF Northolt since 13 May 1955 where it was under command of the 7500th Air Base Group, 3rd Air Force, U.S. Air Forces in Europe.
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