Bamboo Bomber built circa early 1944 as a UC-87B or AT-17, serial 43-32625. N53577 was ominously registered to Capital Scrap Metal Co in Tallahassee in 1949. Orlando Air Lines is said to have existed from 1943 until 1947, then becoming Florida Airways (1947-1949). Photo by: Hans Groenhoff / Smithsonian Institution
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