L-10 Electra Amelia Earhart Army Air Corps evacuated wounded and dropped flares

evacuated wounded and dropped flares for night bombing attacks

On many occasions

made even more challenging by the government’s restrictions on materials critical to the war effort

reinforced turrets

ground strafing

L-10 Electra Amelia Earhart Army Air Corps evacuated wounded and dropped flaresLockheed L 10 Electra used by Amelia Earhart airplane model. The prototype for this 10 passenger all metal plane was first flown on February 23, 1934, and entered service during 1934, initially with Northwest Airlines. By the late 1930s it was being used by eight American operators. The Electra L 10 E is probably best known as the plane that Amelia Earhart disappeared in. Use of the Electra by small civil operators continued after World War II, as it