Keywords: Budd RB-1 Conestoga at NAS Patuxent River c1944.jpg A U S Navy Budd RB-1 Conestoga BuNo 39295 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River Maryland USA Note the North American PBJ Mitchell in the background <br> The photo is dated 24 May 1949 but in early 1945 all RB-1s were transferred to the War Assets Administration and on 5 July 1945 fourteen of them were sold to the National Skyway Freight Corporation NSFC which in turn sold four aircraft to Shell Oil 39295 became the civilian NC45348 of NSFC in July 1945 and was out of use in July 1947 Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-87000/NH-87996 html NH 87996 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command ca 1944 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Budd RB Conestoga 1944 at Naval Air Station Patuxent River |