XB-ABW  Lockheed 12 Junior Electra                         (c/n  1239)

                               

                                   This image is from the William T. Larkins collection, although I doubt that Bill took it, since it
                                   shows the excessive Lockheed on finals at Oakland in 1940.  Bill would have been about 17.
                                   Delivered new in 1937 to the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT). the L-12
                                   carried the name "Presidente Carranza". Later to the Mexican Air Force.  It had an accident
                                   whilst landing at Ensenada, Baja California on 2 April 1942.  Repaired by Lockheed it was
                                   sold in Venezuela as YV-P-AED, later reregistered  YV-P-AEL.  It returned to the U.S
                                 . in the 1950s as N4857V, then  N517SA and finally N33RA, whereby it is still registered.
                                   to a private owner in Oregon, as evidenced by the contemporary shot below.