A Pan American World Airways four-engine airliner, registration NC88944, sits on the tarmac of a Pacific airfield as passengers disembark down a boarding staircase. Pan Am operated extensive commercial and government-contract routes across the Pacific in the years following World War II, linking military installations such as Guam and Manila with the United States mainland. This image comes from a photo album associated with Naval Air Transport Squadron VR-6, based at Agana, Guam. Project: 218210