In a previous post, I revealed the fate of Catalina Air Transport's Lockheed Lodestar NC33616, one of four planes appropriated by the U.S. Army from the airline at the beginning of WWII. (That posting can be found here).
Today's posting deals with the fate of her sister Lodestar, NC33617.
After being "requisitioned" by the U.S. Army on July 25, 1941, NC33617 wound up in the RAF as AX-759. At some point, her designation changed to G-AGCM, which (I believe) means she went to the British Overseas Airways Corporation.
She ultimately went back to the RAF as VR-955 before being retired from service on April 30, 1947.
Like her sister Lodestar, she never returned to Catalina.
