Tan Son Nhut 1947: need help identifying passenger plane

Sure, no 19 !

I still think the last digit is “5”. Whatever, there seems to be no “19”!
N’est-ce pas?

Litterature in French always mention “18 juin 1940” as the nickname… but worth some more researching. The essential date still being june 18th 1940. That plane was accepted by the French Navy july 31st, 1945.

Here is another of “18 juin”. This poster also claims it is “1940”, but I think I can read “45”

http://guerradevietnam.foros.ws/t1828/pv-1-ventura/

Yes, but I seem to read, by the Cross of Lorraine on the nose, “18 juin 45”, which was the date of the celebration of De Gaulle’s 1940 speech and was the first official ceremony in Paris in the presence of le grand Charles.

I have to correct the above, and myself by the same occasion; Nickname of the plan is “18 juin 1940”, date of the famous Charles de Gaulle speech on BBC radio.

Here is a photo of “18 juin 45”.

http://www.ffaa.net/aircraft/ventura/carriere-individuelle.htm

France received only a few C-60 during war time. After wartime, the French Navy bought 6 PV-2 “Harpoon” but they were delivered in 1953.
Owing to the markings, it sure look like it is a french plane, and it also sure looks like a Ventura. The one french ventura that went to Indichina indeed.
As only one French Ventura served in Indochina in 1946 and 1947, as the liaison plane affected to Amiral Thierry d’Argenlieu, Haut-Commissaire of Indochina and commanding officer of the French Navy for the Far East. It was a plane from Escadrille 6FE transfered to 8FE in Indochina. Its number was 29819, it was christened “Le 18 juin” and it was based in Saïgon-Tan Son Nhut.

The rear fuselage comes to more of a point than on the Lodestar…presumably Amiral d’Argenlieu’s liaison PV-1 ?

It looks to have the glazing under the aft fuselage making it a Ventura.

John

It looks like a Lockheed 18 Lodestar to me.

Richard