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Probably Fokker F.VIIa-3m NC2195/NC3908 c/n 602 manufactured in the Netherlands as Dutch Fokker c/n 4955. It was shipped to the US on May 15, 1926, where it received the new c/n 602 and registered NC2195 and was used by Continental Motors as an engine test bed and executive transport. Following a crash on July 7, 1927, it was rebuilt at the Atlantic Factory using parts from Fokker C-2 NC55 (c/n 1) and re-registered NC3908 and sold to Western Air Express on February 2, 1928. It was finally wrecked in a non-fatal accident on September 20, 1929 at Saugus, CA.

The wreckage of Lt. Cmdr. Richard Byrd's (USN) Fokker C-2 (F.VII/3m) "America", (NX206; c/n 706). In addition to Byrd, "America" was crewed by Lt. George O. Noville, Bert Acosta, and Bernt Balchen. As per Wikipedia: For eight years after the first non-stop heavier than air Atlantic crossing by a British Vickers Vimy in 1919, there were no further such flights. Then, in 1927, three crossings were made by American flyers, the America's being the third after Lindbergh's first solo crossing in the Spirit of St. Louis flight and Clarence Chamberlin's Columbia flight from New York to Berlin. All three were aspiring to win the Orteig Prize. It was also the first aircraft to carry official airmail across the Atlantic. The America was destroyed after it was ditched near the French village of Ver-sur-Mer after having flown to Paris but unable to land due to fog. Distance covered was about 3,800 miles not counting the time and distance spent at Paris waiting in vain for the fog to clear. After it was towed ashore, it was torn apart by souvenir hunters. Portions of the aircraft reside in several museums in Europe and in the United States. The America is a subject of the America/Goldbeach Museum, located in Ver-sur-Mer. See also: www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/America-NX206.htm aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=65208

Fokker F.10 NC535E and first buyer, Rio Grande Oil. Stig