6407 results found
City / Airport:London - Gatwick (EGKK / LGW)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 May 2025
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:810647Submit Correction
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VY7293 to, appropriately enough, Bilbao
Registration / Serial:EC-LUO
Aircraft Version:Airbus A320-232
C/n (msn):5530
Operator Titles:Vueling Airlines
City / Airport:London - Gatwick (EGKK / LGW)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 May 2025
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:London - Gatwick (EGKK / LGW)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 May 2025
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:810647Submit Correction
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VY7293 to, appropriately enough, Bilbao
Registration / Serial:EC-LUO
Aircraft Version:Airbus A320-232
C/n (msn):5530
Operator Titles:Vueling Airlines
City / Airport:London - Gatwick (EGKK / LGW)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 May 2025
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:London - Gatwick (EGKK / LGW)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 May 2025
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809934Submit Correction
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Inaugural Uganda Airlines service from Gatwick, UGD111 to Entebbe
Registration / Serial:5X-NIL
Aircraft Version:Airbus A330-841N
C/n (msn):1977
Operator Titles:Uganda Airlines
City / Airport:London - Gatwick (EGKK / LGW)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 May 2025
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:London - Gatwick (EGKK / LGW)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 May 2025
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809934Submit Correction
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Inaugural Uganda Airlines service from Gatwick, UGD111 to Entebbe
Registration / Serial:5X-NIL
Aircraft Version:Airbus A330-841N
C/n (msn):1977
Operator Titles:Uganda Airlines
City / Airport:London - Gatwick (EGKK / LGW)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:18 May 2025
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"51-3893"
Alternate Serial:13893
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55734
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Hop-A-Long
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809777Submit Correction
View count: 40
This Chickasaw was on show at the USAF Museum by 2005. It is painted as an H-19A known as Hop-A-Long, one of two to make the first transatlantic helicopter flight, travelling during the summer of 1952 from Westover AFB, MA, to Scotland in five stages. They then carried on to finally reach their allocated unit in Germany, the 9th ARS at Wiesbaden. In fact it is UH-19B 52-7587
Registration / Serial:"51-3893"
Alternate Serial:13893
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55734
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"51-3893"
Alternate Serial:13893
Aircraft Original Type:Sikorsky S-55
Aircraft Generic Type:Sikorsky S-55 (H-19/HO4S/HRS/Chickasaw)
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55734
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Hop-A-Long
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809777Submit Correction
View count: 40
This Chickasaw was on show at the USAF Museum by 2005. It is painted as an H-19A known as Hop-A-Long, one of two to make the first transatlantic helicopter flight, travelling during the summer of 1952 from Westover AFB, MA, to Scotland in five stages. They then carried on to finally reach their allocated unit in Germany, the 9th ARS at Wiesbaden. In fact it is UH-19B 52-7587
Registration / Serial:"51-3893"
Alternate Serial:13893
Aircraft Version:Sikorsky UH-19B Chickasaw (S-55D)
C/n (msn):55734
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"49-1236"
Alternate Serial:91236
Military Code:FU-236
Aircraft Original Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Generic Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Version:North American F-86A Sabre
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809761Submit Correction
View count: 43
Actually 49-1067 which was used as a JF-86A from 1954, ferried to the museum in 1961 and now marked to represent F-86A 49-1236 of the 4th FG, the jet in which Lt Col Bruce Hinton became the first to shoot down a MiG-15 over Korea in December 1950
Registration / Serial:"49-1236"
Alternate Serial:91236
Aircraft Version:North American F-86A Sabre
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"49-1236"
Alternate Serial:91236
Military Code:FU-236
Aircraft Original Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Generic Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Version:North American F-86A Sabre
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809761Submit Correction
View count: 43
Actually 49-1067 which was used as a JF-86A from 1954, ferried to the museum in 1961 and now marked to represent F-86A 49-1236 of the 4th FG, the jet in which Lt Col Bruce Hinton became the first to shoot down a MiG-15 over Korea in December 1950
Registration / Serial:"49-1236"
Alternate Serial:91236
Aircraft Version:North American F-86A Sabre
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"64-13332"
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger
Aircraft Version:Northrop YF-5A Freedom Fighter (N-156F)
C/n (msn):N6003
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809749Submit Correction
View count: 46
Now painted in false colours as a 'Shoski Tiger' of the 4503rd TFS which combat tested the F-5 in Vietnam from 1965 to 1967. In reality it is the third of the three YF-5A prototypes, 59-4989 and from 1970 till around 2002 was displayed in its correct natural metal finish - see my 1973 photo here
Registration / Serial:"64-13332"
Aircraft Version:Northrop YF-5A Freedom Fighter (N-156F)
C/n (msn):N6003
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"64-13332"
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter/Tiger
Aircraft Version:Northrop YF-5A Freedom Fighter (N-156F)
C/n (msn):N6003
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809749Submit Correction
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Now painted in false colours as a 'Shoski Tiger' of the 4503rd TFS which combat tested the F-5 in Vietnam from 1965 to 1967. In reality it is the third of the three YF-5A prototypes, 59-4989 and from 1970 till around 2002 was displayed in its correct natural metal finish - see my 1973 photo here
Registration / Serial:"64-13332"
Aircraft Version:Northrop YF-5A Freedom Fighter (N-156F)
C/n (msn):N6003
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"51-10454"
Alternate Serial:110454
Military Code:FS-454
Aircraft Original Type:Republic F-84 Thunderjet
Aircraft Generic Type:Republic F-84 Thunderjet/Thunderstreak/Thunderflash
Aircraft Version:Republic F-84E Thunderjet
C/n (msn):[ 50-1143 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809748Submit Correction
View count: 57
This Thunderjet, superbly presented as a colourful F-84G of the 58th FBW's commander during the Korean War, is in fact F-84E 50-1143 which itself flew many combat missions in Korea with the 27th Fighter Escort Group and 136th FBW Texas ANG. The latter was the first ANG ever unit to enter combat. In late 1963 it came to the USAFM and was painted as now seen by 2012
Registration / Serial:"51-10454"
Alternate Serial:110454
Aircraft Version:Republic F-84E Thunderjet
C/n (msn):[ 50-1143 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"51-10454"
Alternate Serial:110454
Military Code:FS-454
Aircraft Original Type:Republic F-84 Thunderjet
Aircraft Generic Type:Republic F-84 Thunderjet/Thunderstreak/Thunderflash
Aircraft Version:Republic F-84E Thunderjet
C/n (msn):[ 50-1143 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809748Submit Correction
View count: 57
This Thunderjet, superbly presented as a colourful F-84G of the 58th FBW's commander during the Korean War, is in fact F-84E 50-1143 which itself flew many combat missions in Korea with the 27th Fighter Escort Group and 136th FBW Texas ANG. The latter was the first ANG ever unit to enter combat. In late 1963 it came to the USAFM and was painted as now seen by 2012
Registration / Serial:"51-10454"
Alternate Serial:110454
Aircraft Version:Republic F-84E Thunderjet
C/n (msn):[ 50-1143 ]
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"53-2509"
Alternate Serial:32509
Other Marks:FV-509
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop F-89 Scorpion
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop F-89 Scorpion
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-89J Scorpion
C/n (msn):N405
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809739Submit Correction
View count: 51
Northrop converted 350 F-89Ds to J models, Air Defense Command's first fighter-interceptor to carry nuclear armament, its air-to-air rockets having a nuclear warhead. The aircraft on display, 52-1911, was the last in service with an operational unit when provided for preservation by the Maine ANG in July 1969. It is painted to represent F-89J 53-2509 assigned to the 449th FIS in the late 1950s, based at Ladd AFB, near Fairbanks AK. Hence it carries red arctic markings
Registration / Serial:"53-2509"
Alternate Serial:32509
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-89J Scorpion
C/n (msn):N405
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"53-2509"
Alternate Serial:32509
Other Marks:FV-509
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop F-89 Scorpion
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop F-89 Scorpion
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-89J Scorpion
C/n (msn):N405
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809739Submit Correction
View count: 51
Northrop converted 350 F-89Ds to J models, Air Defense Command's first fighter-interceptor to carry nuclear armament, its air-to-air rockets having a nuclear warhead. The aircraft on display, 52-1911, was the last in service with an operational unit when provided for preservation by the Maine ANG in July 1969. It is painted to represent F-89J 53-2509 assigned to the 449th FIS in the late 1950s, based at Ladd AFB, near Fairbanks AK. Hence it carries red arctic markings
Registration / Serial:"53-2509"
Alternate Serial:32509
Aircraft Version:Northrop F-89J Scorpion
C/n (msn):N405
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"50-1054"
Alternate Serial:01054
Military Code:FA-054
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed F-94 Starfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed F-94 Starfire
Aircraft Version:Lockheed F-94C Starfire
C/n (msn):880-8025
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809733Submit Correction
View count: 27
Starfires were employed in the air defense of the continental United States in the 1950s. The F-94C had no guns but twenty-four rockets in a ring around the radome, shielded by retractable doors, with an additional 24 in wing pods if installed. This example is 50-0980 which from 1951 served the 3550th CCTW, 332nd FIS, 97th FIS and 109th FIS, going to Davis Monthan for storage in 1958. By 1974 it was in the adjacent Pima museum but was transferred to the USAFM by 1988 where it was marked as F-94C 50-1054 of the 60th FIS, Otis AFB, MA
Registration / Serial:"50-1054"
Alternate Serial:01054
Aircraft Version:Lockheed F-94C Starfire
C/n (msn):880-8025
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"50-1054"
Alternate Serial:01054
Military Code:FA-054
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed F-94 Starfire
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed F-94 Starfire
Aircraft Version:Lockheed F-94C Starfire
C/n (msn):880-8025
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809733Submit Correction
View count: 27
Starfires were employed in the air defense of the continental United States in the 1950s. The F-94C had no guns but twenty-four rockets in a ring around the radome, shielded by retractable doors, with an additional 24 in wing pods if installed. This example is 50-0980 which from 1951 served the 3550th CCTW, 332nd FIS, 97th FIS and 109th FIS, going to Davis Monthan for storage in 1958. By 1974 it was in the adjacent Pima museum but was transferred to the USAFM by 1988 where it was marked as F-94C 50-1054 of the 60th FIS, Otis AFB, MA
Registration / Serial:"50-1054"
Alternate Serial:01054
Aircraft Version:Lockheed F-94C Starfire
C/n (msn):880-8025
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"52-3863"
Alternate Serial:23863
Military Code:FU-863
Aircraft Original Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Generic Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Version:North American F-86D Sabre
C/n (msn):165-23
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Dennis the Menace
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809725Submit Correction
View count: 73
The F-86D 'Sabre Dog', initially designated the F-95, incorporated a sophisticated electronic system replacing the second crew member carried by other interceptors of the time and air-to-air missiles instead the classic gun armament. This one is really 50-0477 and was no stranger to Wright Field, spending a year there from August 1952 with the Wright Air Development Centre as an EF-86D. Redesignated JF-86D in 1955 and roaded to the museum in 1970, on show as an F-86D assigned to the 97th FIS at Wright Patterson AFB during the mid-1950s
Registration / Serial:"52-3863"
Alternate Serial:23863
Aircraft Version:North American F-86D Sabre
C/n (msn):165-23
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"52-3863"
Alternate Serial:23863
Military Code:FU-863
Aircraft Original Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Generic Type:North American F-86 Sabre
Aircraft Version:North American F-86D Sabre
C/n (msn):165-23
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Dennis the Menace
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809725Submit Correction
View count: 73
The F-86D 'Sabre Dog', initially designated the F-95, incorporated a sophisticated electronic system replacing the second crew member carried by other interceptors of the time and air-to-air missiles instead the classic gun armament. This one is really 50-0477 and was no stranger to Wright Field, spending a year there from August 1952 with the Wright Air Development Centre as an EF-86D. Redesignated JF-86D in 1955 and roaded to the museum in 1970, on show as an F-86D assigned to the 97th FIS at Wright Patterson AFB during the mid-1950s
Registration / Serial:"52-3863"
Alternate Serial:23863
Aircraft Version:North American F-86D Sabre
C/n (msn):165-23
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"02344"
Aircraft Original Type:North American B-25 Mitchell
Aircraft Generic Type:North American B-25 Mitchell
Aircraft Version:North American B-25D Mitchell
C/n (msn):100-23700
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809691Submit Correction
View count: 51
This is B-25D 43-3374, converted to the F-10 photo recon version for the 91st Photo Mapping Sqdn. It was used in South America in 1944 to map the coastline and inland areas. Back in the US it was used for training then stored at Davis Monthan in December 1957. But at the end of the month it was ferried to NA at Inglewood for modification to resemble Jimmy Doolittle's B-25B, one of several that were to follow. Presented to Doolittle at Las Vegas in April 1958 and flown by several of his Raiders when ferried to Dayton for the USAF Museum. B-25D engine exhausts are different, so hidden by covers
Registration / Serial:"02344"
Aircraft Version:North American B-25D Mitchell
C/n (msn):100-23700
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"02344"
Aircraft Original Type:North American B-25 Mitchell
Aircraft Generic Type:North American B-25 Mitchell
Aircraft Version:North American B-25D Mitchell
C/n (msn):100-23700
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809691Submit Correction
View count: 51
This is B-25D 43-3374, converted to the F-10 photo recon version for the 91st Photo Mapping Sqdn. It was used in South America in 1944 to map the coastline and inland areas. Back in the US it was used for training then stored at Davis Monthan in December 1957. But at the end of the month it was ferried to NA at Inglewood for modification to resemble Jimmy Doolittle's B-25B, one of several that were to follow. Presented to Doolittle at Las Vegas in April 1958 and flown by several of his Raiders when ferried to Dayton for the USAF Museum. B-25D engine exhausts are different, so hidden by covers
Registration / Serial:"02344"
Aircraft Version:North American B-25D Mitchell
C/n (msn):100-23700
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"41-7073"
Alternate Serial:17073
Military Code:31
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 400 Airacobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-39/400 Airacobra
Aircraft Version:Bell P-39Q Airacobra
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809647Submit Correction
View count: 40
This is actually P-39Q 44-3887, converted to an RP-39Q two-seat operational training version with armament removed and redesignated TP-39Q in 1945. Disposed of as surplus in 1946, it was restored to single-seat P-39Q status in 1966 and flown to the UASFM. By 1977 it was marked as P-39D 41-7073 flown by the 57th FS, Adak Island, during the harsh conditions of the Aleutians Island campaign of autumn 1942. They attacked the Japanese forces which had invaded Attu and Kiska islands, the weather claiming more casualties than combat
Registration / Serial:"41-7073"
Alternate Serial:17073
Aircraft Version:Bell P-39Q Airacobra
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"41-7073"
Alternate Serial:17073
Military Code:31
Aircraft Original Type:Bell 400 Airacobra
Aircraft Generic Type:Bell P-39/400 Airacobra
Aircraft Version:Bell P-39Q Airacobra
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809647Submit Correction
View count: 40
This is actually P-39Q 44-3887, converted to an RP-39Q two-seat operational training version with armament removed and redesignated TP-39Q in 1945. Disposed of as surplus in 1946, it was restored to single-seat P-39Q status in 1966 and flown to the UASFM. By 1977 it was marked as P-39D 41-7073 flown by the 57th FS, Adak Island, during the harsh conditions of the Aleutians Island campaign of autumn 1942. They attacked the Japanese forces which had invaded Attu and Kiska islands, the weather claiming more casualties than combat
Registration / Serial:"41-7073"
Alternate Serial:17073
Aircraft Version:Bell P-39Q Airacobra
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"48-928"
Alternate Serial:8928
Military Code:LD-928
Aircraft Original Type:North American NA-143 Navion
Aircraft Generic Type:Ryan Navion
Aircraft Version:Ryan L-17A
C/n (msn):NAV-4-1059
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809638Submit Correction
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Actually L-17A 47-1347 which served the 53rd FW, Pennsylvania ANG at Middletown PA as a liaison aircraft. Flown to the UASFM in April 1986 and painted as 48-928, a Ryan-built L-17B used by the Air Force ROTC program at Bradley University, IL in 1959 then the Chanute AFB Aero Club as N7635B until it crashed in the Seven Mountains in November 1963
Registration / Serial:"48-928"
Alternate Serial:8928
Aircraft Version:Ryan L-17A
C/n (msn):NAV-4-1059
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"48-928"
Alternate Serial:8928
Military Code:LD-928
Aircraft Original Type:North American NA-143 Navion
Aircraft Generic Type:Ryan Navion
Aircraft Version:Ryan L-17A
C/n (msn):NAV-4-1059
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809638Submit Correction
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Actually L-17A 47-1347 which served the 53rd FW, Pennsylvania ANG at Middletown PA as a liaison aircraft. Flown to the UASFM in April 1986 and painted as 48-928, a Ryan-built L-17B used by the Air Force ROTC program at Bradley University, IL in 1959 then the Chanute AFB Aero Club as N7635B until it crashed in the Seven Mountains in November 1963
Registration / Serial:"48-928"
Alternate Serial:8928
Aircraft Version:Ryan L-17A
C/n (msn):NAV-4-1059
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:43-8353
Alternate Serial:38353
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Aircraft Version:Northrop P-61C Black Widow
C/n (msn):N1399
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Moonlight Serenade
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:United States Air Force Museum
Photo Date:August 1973
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809625Submit Correction
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It was very difficult shooting in the dark corners of the USAF Museum on Kodachrome, but modern processing of the scan has produced this result. A Black Widow that was used for thunderstorm research from Clinton County AFB, OH and radar testing from Wright Field post-war, going to the Boy Scouts of America for display in Urbana, OH in 1949. Donated to USAFM in 1958 and painted as P-61B 42-39468 of the 55th Night Fighter Sqdn, scrapped at Clark in the Philippines in 1949. A few years after this shot, that serial was applied at the museum but it later reverted to the true identity for this frame
Registration / Serial:43-8353
Alternate Serial:38353
Aircraft Version:Northrop P-61C Black Widow
C/n (msn):N1399
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:August 1973
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:43-8353
Alternate Serial:38353
Aircraft Original Type:Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Aircraft Generic Type:Northrop P-61 Black Widow
Aircraft Version:Northrop P-61C Black Widow
C/n (msn):N1399
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Moonlight Serenade
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:United States Air Force Museum
Photo Date:August 1973
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809625Submit Correction
View count: 74
It was very difficult shooting in the dark corners of the USAF Museum on Kodachrome, but modern processing of the scan has produced this result. A Black Widow that was used for thunderstorm research from Clinton County AFB, OH and radar testing from Wright Field post-war, going to the Boy Scouts of America for display in Urbana, OH in 1949. Donated to USAFM in 1958 and painted as P-61B 42-39468 of the 55th Night Fighter Sqdn, scrapped at Clark in the Philippines in 1949. A few years after this shot, that serial was applied at the museum but it later reverted to the true identity for this frame
Registration / Serial:43-8353
Alternate Serial:38353
Aircraft Version:Northrop P-61C Black Widow
C/n (msn):N1399
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:August 1973
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:501232
Aircraft Original Type:Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe
Aircraft Generic Type:Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe
Aircraft Version:Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Schwalbe
C/n (msn):501232
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809549Submit Correction
View count: 47
One of the last to be completed, this Me 262 'Yellow 5' was surrendered to Allied forces at Munich-Riem in May 1945 and ferried on to Lechfeld by a Luftwaffe pilot. Flown on to Cherbourg via St Dizier and Melun, it was shipped as "Watsons Wizzers 111/Screamin' Meemie" to the US aboard HMS Reaper with 40 other captured aircraft. Barged to NAS Patuxent River and allocated BuNo 121442 for ten hours of flight tests in January 1946, these were curtailed after three engine failures. Abandoned in 1952, it was moved to the nascent USAF Museum in 1957. Restoration was accomplished from 1976 to 1979
Registration / Serial:501232
Aircraft Version:Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Schwalbe
C/n (msn):501232
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:501232
Aircraft Original Type:Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe
Aircraft Generic Type:Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe
Aircraft Version:Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Schwalbe
C/n (msn):501232
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809549Submit Correction
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One of the last to be completed, this Me 262 'Yellow 5' was surrendered to Allied forces at Munich-Riem in May 1945 and ferried on to Lechfeld by a Luftwaffe pilot. Flown on to Cherbourg via St Dizier and Melun, it was shipped as "Watsons Wizzers 111/Screamin' Meemie" to the US aboard HMS Reaper with 40 other captured aircraft. Barged to NAS Patuxent River and allocated BuNo 121442 for ten hours of flight tests in January 1946, these were curtailed after three engine failures. Abandoned in 1952, it was moved to the nascent USAF Museum in 1957. Restoration was accomplished from 1976 to 1979
Registration / Serial:501232
Aircraft Version:Messerschmitt Me-262A-1A Schwalbe
C/n (msn):501232
Operator Titles:Germany - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"38365"
Aircraft Original Type:North American T-28 Trojan
Aircraft Generic Type:North American T-28 Trojan
Aircraft Version:North American T-28B Trojan
C/n (msn):219-47
Operator Titles:South Vietnam - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809523Submit Correction
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Actually T-28B BuNo 140048 assigned to NAS Norfolk and sent to MASDC for storage in 1976. In August 1981 it was transferred out to the US Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity, Edwards AFB, going back to MASDC around 1986 but ferried to Wright Patterson for the USAF Museum in March 1987. It is painted as a VNAF aircraft assigned to Bien Hoa AB in 1962, where USAF pilots trained and flew combat missions with VNAF crews in Operation Farm Gate
Registration / Serial:"38365"
Aircraft Version:North American T-28B Trojan
C/n (msn):219-47
Operator Titles:South Vietnam - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"38365"
Aircraft Original Type:North American T-28 Trojan
Aircraft Generic Type:North American T-28 Trojan
Aircraft Version:North American T-28B Trojan
C/n (msn):219-47
Operator Titles:South Vietnam - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809523Submit Correction
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Actually T-28B BuNo 140048 assigned to NAS Norfolk and sent to MASDC for storage in 1976. In August 1981 it was transferred out to the US Army Aviation Engineering Flight Activity, Edwards AFB, going back to MASDC around 1986 but ferried to Wright Patterson for the USAF Museum in March 1987. It is painted as a VNAF aircraft assigned to Bien Hoa AB in 1962, where USAF pilots trained and flew combat missions with VNAF crews in Operation Farm Gate
Registration / Serial:"38365"
Aircraft Version:North American T-28B Trojan
C/n (msn):219-47
Operator Titles:South Vietnam - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A1-3-102
Aircraft Original Type:Mitsubishi A6M Reisen
Aircraft Generic Type:Mitsubishi A6M Reisen
Aircraft Version:Mitsubishi A6M2b Reisen (Zero)
Licence-built by:Nakajima
C/n (msn):51553
Operator Titles:Japan - Navy
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809518Submit Correction
View count: 49
In researching WW2 Japanese aircraft, it is difficult to determine serial numbers as we know them, but it seems that the tail codes are as near as we get. The wreck of this Nakajima-built naval A6M2 was found in Papua New Guinea, near Kavieng on New Ireland, probably one of the aircraft operated there by the 6th and later the 253rd Kokutai. Assembled locally for display as a composite with another wreck c1964, it was extracted to Australia in 1967. Since 2004 it has been painted as a section leader's aircraft from the carrier Zuiho during the March 1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea
Registration / Serial:A1-3-102
Aircraft Version:Mitsubishi A6M2b Reisen (Zero)
C/n (msn):51553
Operator Titles:Japan - Navy
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:A1-3-102
Aircraft Original Type:Mitsubishi A6M Reisen
Aircraft Generic Type:Mitsubishi A6M Reisen
Aircraft Version:Mitsubishi A6M2b Reisen (Zero)
Licence-built by:Nakajima
C/n (msn):51553
Operator Titles:Japan - Navy
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809518Submit Correction
View count: 49
In researching WW2 Japanese aircraft, it is difficult to determine serial numbers as we know them, but it seems that the tail codes are as near as we get. The wreck of this Nakajima-built naval A6M2 was found in Papua New Guinea, near Kavieng on New Ireland, probably one of the aircraft operated there by the 6th and later the 253rd Kokutai. Assembled locally for display as a composite with another wreck c1964, it was extracted to Australia in 1967. Since 2004 it has been painted as a section leader's aircraft from the carrier Zuiho during the March 1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea
Registration / Serial:A1-3-102
Aircraft Version:Mitsubishi A6M2b Reisen (Zero)
C/n (msn):51553
Operator Titles:Japan - Navy
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"37-328"
Military Code:328
Aircraft Original Type:North American NA-25
Aircraft Generic Type:North American O-47
Aircraft Version:North American O-47B (NA-25)
C/n (msn):51-1025
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809505Submit Correction
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This example of the O-47 observation aircraft is presented as 37-328 in the markings of the 112th OS (Ohio NG) which was damaged after engine failure taking off from MCAS Cherry Point in April 1942. However it is really 39-112, which also suffered take-off accidents, firstly at Lafayette in September 1941 then at Shreveport a year later. The type was soon found to be too cumbersome for its intended role and it was downgraded for target towing and coastal patrol work. On disposal in 1946 this one became NC73722 and then in 1963 XB-YUW with Mexicana Aerophoto. To the museum in 1978
Registration / Serial:"37-328"
Aircraft Version:North American O-47B (NA-25)
C/n (msn):51-1025
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"37-328"
Military Code:328
Aircraft Original Type:North American NA-25
Aircraft Generic Type:North American O-47
Aircraft Version:North American O-47B (NA-25)
C/n (msn):51-1025
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809505Submit Correction
View count: 62
This example of the O-47 observation aircraft is presented as 37-328 in the markings of the 112th OS (Ohio NG) which was damaged after engine failure taking off from MCAS Cherry Point in April 1942. However it is really 39-112, which also suffered take-off accidents, firstly at Lafayette in September 1941 then at Shreveport a year later. The type was soon found to be too cumbersome for its intended role and it was downgraded for target towing and coastal patrol work. On disposal in 1946 this one became NC73722 and then in 1963 XB-YUW with Mexicana Aerophoto. To the museum in 1978
Registration / Serial:"37-328"
Aircraft Version:North American O-47B (NA-25)
C/n (msn):51-1025
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"38-86"
Military Code:48-15P
Other Marks:86
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss 75 (P-36/37/42)
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss 75 (P-36/37/42)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss P-36A Hawk
C/n (msn):12415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809501Submit Correction
View count: 55
Painted as a P-36A which engaged 11 Japanese attack aircraft during the Pearl Harbor raid, this aircraft is in fact the very first of the 243 supplied to the Army Air Corps, 38-1. The mannequin on the wing represents the pilot of 38-86 during the Pearl Harbor raid, Lt Philip Rasmussen, who was awarded a Silver Star for his efforts which included the shooting down of one of the attackers. Both France and Britain used the Hawk 75A in combat over Europe in 1939 and 1940, even though the airplane was obsolescent compared to its Bf 109 adversaries.
Registration / Serial:"38-86"
Aircraft Version:Curtiss P-36A Hawk
C/n (msn):12415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"38-86"
Military Code:48-15P
Other Marks:86
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss 75 (P-36/37/42)
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss 75 (P-36/37/42)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss P-36A Hawk
C/n (msn):12415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809501Submit Correction
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Painted as a P-36A which engaged 11 Japanese attack aircraft during the Pearl Harbor raid, this aircraft is in fact the very first of the 243 supplied to the Army Air Corps, 38-1. The mannequin on the wing represents the pilot of 38-86 during the Pearl Harbor raid, Lt Philip Rasmussen, who was awarded a Silver Star for his efforts which included the shooting down of one of the attackers. Both France and Britain used the Hawk 75A in combat over Europe in 1939 and 1940, even though the airplane was obsolescent compared to its Bf 109 adversaries.
Registration / Serial:"38-86"
Aircraft Version:Curtiss P-36A Hawk
C/n (msn):12415
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809495Submit Correction
View count: 48
The P-35 was first single-seat, all-metal pursuit aircraft with retractable gear and enclosed cockpit to go into regular service with the Army Air Corps, and 76 were accepted in 1937-38. Ironically, the Japanese Navy ordered 20 of a two-seat version, becoming the only US-built aircraft used operationally by Japan in WW2. Sweden also bought 60 improved EP-106s, known as J 9s. This aircraft is actually 36-404, displayed as the P-35A of the 35th Pursuit Squadron commander stationed in the Philippines in 1941. It is the only surviving P-35, although two of the J 9s and an AT-12 still exist
Registration / Serial:"41-17449"
Aircraft Version:Seversky P-35
C/n (msn):95
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809495Submit Correction
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The P-35 was first single-seat, all-metal pursuit aircraft with retractable gear and enclosed cockpit to go into regular service with the Army Air Corps, and 76 were accepted in 1937-38. Ironically, the Japanese Navy ordered 20 of a two-seat version, becoming the only US-built aircraft used operationally by Japan in WW2. Sweden also bought 60 improved EP-106s, known as J 9s. This aircraft is actually 36-404, displayed as the P-35A of the 35th Pursuit Squadron commander stationed in the Philippines in 1941. It is the only surviving P-35, although two of the J 9s and an AT-12 still exist
Registration / Serial:"41-17449"
Aircraft Version:Seversky P-35
C/n (msn):95
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"AF39-738"
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas A-1 Skyraider (AD)
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas A-1 Skyraider (AD)
Aircraft Version:Douglas A-1H Skyraider
C/n (msn):9829
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:The Proud American
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809427Submit Correction
View count: 74
This is Navy 'Spad' BuNo 134600 painted represent A-1H 52-139738 as operated by the 1st SOS from Nakhon Phanom RTAFB during a "Sandy" SAR mission to rescue a downed F-4 airman near a North Vietnamese airfield in June 1972, earning Captain Ronald Smith an Air Force Cross. That aircraft had earlier gained fame for a mission in 1968 when Lt Col William Jones was awarded the Medal of Honour. BuNo 134600 itself was flown by the South Vietnamese AF from 1965 to 1975 and after restoration it was placed on display in 2022
Registration / Serial:"AF39-738"
Aircraft Version:Douglas A-1H Skyraider
C/n (msn):9829
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Registration / Serial:"AF39-738"
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas A-1 Skyraider (AD)
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas A-1 Skyraider (AD)
Aircraft Version:Douglas A-1H Skyraider
C/n (msn):9829
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:The Proud American
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Collection:National Museum of the United States Air Force
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact
Photo ID:809427Submit Correction
View count: 74
This is Navy 'Spad' BuNo 134600 painted represent A-1H 52-139738 as operated by the 1st SOS from Nakhon Phanom RTAFB during a "Sandy" SAR mission to rescue a downed F-4 airman near a North Vietnamese airfield in June 1972, earning Captain Ronald Smith an Air Force Cross. That aircraft had earlier gained fame for a mission in 1968 when Lt Col William Jones was awarded the Medal of Honour. BuNo 134600 itself was flown by the South Vietnamese AF from 1965 to 1975 and after restoration it was placed on display in 2022
Registration / Serial:"AF39-738"
Aircraft Version:Douglas A-1H Skyraider
C/n (msn):9829
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
City / Airport:Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFB (KDWF / DWF)Map
Region / Country:Ohio, United States
Photo Date:15 December 2024
Photo by:Richard VandervordContact