Transcontinental & Western Air  Douglas DC-3  NC28310       (c/n 2251)

                                  

                                        Several airlines in the US had patriotic slogans durimg WW II.    This DC-3-277  was delievered
                                        in July 1940.  Since the US didn't eneter the war until Pearly harbor in Decvember1941, this shoy
                                        was probably taken shortly after that..  In the event, NC28310 was destroyed over Hanford, CA
                                        on 4 November1944 when it encountered a strong thunderstorm on a scheduled flight from SFO
                                        to BUR.  The aircraft became inverted and broke up.  21 passengers and the crew of three were
                                        killed.