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Pan Am Number |
Date Delivered |
Disposition |
SIKORSKY S-40 ~ 3 Produced | |
NC-80V American Clipper | October 1931 | The First Clipper. Scrapped. |
NC-81V Caribbean Clipper | November 1931 | Scrapped. |
NC-752V Southern Clipper | August 1932 | Scrapped. |
SIKORSKY S-42 ~ 10 Produced | |
NC-822M Brazilian Clipper | May 1934 | Used in Latin America. Renamed Columbia Clipper. Scrapped July 15, 1946 |
NC-823M West Indies Clipper | December 1934 | Used in Latin America. Renamed Pan American Clipper for use on Pacific Survey flights. Renamed Hong Kong Clipper in 1937. Sank at Antilla, Cuba August 7, 1944 |
NC-824M Unnamed | May 1935 | Used in Latin America. Crashed, Port of Spain, Trinidad - December 20, 1935 |
NC-15373(A) Jamaica Clipper | July 1935 | Used in Latin America. Scrapped July 15, 1946 |
NC-15374(A) Antilles Clipper | December 1935 | Used in Latin America. Scrapped July 15, 1946 |
NC-15375(A) Brazilian Clipper | February 1936 | Used in Latin America. Scrapped July 15, 1946 |
NC-15376(A) Dominican Clipper | April 1936 | Used in Latin America. Lost in accident in San Juan Harbor on October 3, 1941 |
NC-16734(B) Pan American Clipper II | September 1936 | Renamed Samoan Clipper. Lost at Pago Pago, Samoa with Captain Musick and crew on January 11, 1938 after survey flight and initial South Pacific Service |
NC-16735(B) Bermuda Clipper | September 1936 | Used for Baltimore/Bermuda route. Used briefly in Alaska and renamed Alaska Clipper in 1940 and then Hong Kong Clipper II in 1941 to be used for the Manila/Hong Kong route. Sunk by Japanese bombing, in Hong Kong Harbor on December 8, 1941 |
NC-16736(B) Pan American Clipper III | 1937 | Used on North Atlantic survey flights. Served as Bermuda Clipper on the Bermuda route in 1940. Then used in South America where it was burned and destroyed in Manos, Brazil a thousand miles up the Amazon River on July 27, 1943 |
MARTIN M-130 ~ 3 Produced | | |
NC-14714 Hawaiian Clipper | March 1936 | Renamed Hawaii Clipper. Lost over Pacific east of Manila on July 29, 1938. |
NC-14715 Philippine Clipper | November 1935 | Sold to the U.S. Navy in 1942. Crashed into mountain at Boonville, California (100 miles north of San Francisco) on January 21, 1943 |
NC-14716 China Clipper | October 1935 | Sold to the U.S. Navy in 1942. Crashed, Port of Spain, Trinidad on January 8, 1945 |
BOEING B-314 ~ 12 Produced | |
NC-18601 Honolulu Clipper | January 1939 | Pacific service. Remained with Pan Am during the War. Crashed into Navy vessel taking it under tow and had to be sunk on November 14, 1945 in Pacific. |
NC-18602 California Clipper | January 1939 | Pacific service. Sold to the U.S. Navy in 1942. Sold to World Airways after the War and was scrapped in 1950. |
NC-18603 Yankee Clipper | February 1939 | Atlantic service. Purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1942, but operated by Pan Am. Crashed and sank in River Tagus near Lisbon, Portugal on February 22, 1943 |
NC-18604 Atlantic Clipper | March 1939 | Atlantic service. Purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1942, but operated by Pan Am. Salvaged for parts. |
NC-18605 Dixie Clipper | April 1939 | Atlantic service. Purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1942, but operated by Pan Am. Sold after the War to World Airways and scrapped in 1950. |
NC-18606 American Clipper | June 1939 | Atlantic service. Sold to the U.S. Navy in 1942. Sold to World Airways after the War and was scrapped in 1950. |
NC-18607(A) NC-18608(A) | April 1941 | Ordered by Pan Am. Both were sold to the British Purchasing Commission and used by BOAC. 18607 became G-AGBZ Bristol and 18608 became G-AGCA Berwick After the War they were sold to World Airways - 1948. |
NC-18609(A) Pacific Clipper | May 1941 | Pacific service. Temporarily named California Clipper to replace 18602 that was being moved to Atlantic service, but within months was permanently named Pacific Clipper. Purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1942. After the War (1946) it was sold to Universal Airlines. It was damaged in a storm and subsequently salvaged for parts. |
NC-18610(A) | April 1941 | Ordered by Pan Am. Sold to the British Purchasing Commission and used by BOAC; became G-AGCB Bangor After the War it was sold to World Airways - 1948. |
NC-18611(A) Anzac Clipper | June 1941 | Pacific and Atlantic service. Sold to the U.S. Navy in 1942. Sold to American International Airways after the War in 1947 and then to World Airways in 1948; sold again in 1951 and destroyed in Baltimore, Maryland in late 1951. |
NC-18612(A) Capetown Clipper | August 1941 | Atlantic service. Sold to the U.S. Navy in 1942. Sold to American International Airways in 1947. Was sunk at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard on October 14, 1947 |
Epilogue: After World War II, 7 of the remaining B-314s were purchased by a start-up airline called New World Airways. By the early 1950s, all of the B-314s that had survived the War had been scrapped. |
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