Lockheed Lodestar NC33604, c/n 2170. Manufacture date May 4 1942. Converted to
18-01/C-56D-LO for U.S.A.A.F., as registration number 42-57224. Likely used as an officer transport. In 1944 the Lodestar was given F.A.A. registration NC33604, and sold to Transcontinental & Western Air to be used as Flight Research Laboratory and executive transport. Assigned TWA Fleet Number #241. The Lodestar was not used for scheduled TWA passenger service. Lodestar Metal Base by Rachael "Firekitten" Whiteford. TWA livery by Willy McCoy using Lockheed work order paint drawings for the actual aircraft as it appeared in 1944.
