Delivered to USAAF as 42-68745 in May 1943. To United Airlines as NC49543 in January 1945. Sold in 1955. Preserved engineless by Sonny Hamilton on his private property near the town centre of Petal, Mississippi from 1991.

With large British titles. Delivered to BEA as G-AWZR in 1972. Merged into British Airways in 1974. Last flight to Tees-Side for use as a fire trainer in 1986. Burnt remains scrapped in 2005.

Scrapped at Southend in February 1985. Photo by George Anderson.

Name was changed to Snorre Viking. Broken up at Kastrup 20 years later. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

Delivered in February 1955. According to the regulations, the tail number should have been 50298 from 1954. In Jim Tunney's 1973 colour photo of this airframe, this has changed to 0-50298 according to the clumsy 'older than ten years' rule, which had already been dropped by then. See the article on USAF serial numbers under the Articles tab. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

On display in its original TWA livery since 1980, this early Constellation was built in 1946 as C-69 42-94549 and began its civilian career in 1948

One of two Flying Boxcars in the collection, this C-119C is currently displayed as flown by Hemet Valley Flying Service, Hemet, California as "Tanker 81" till the mid-1980s, although it may be restored to USAF colours in due course. It is ex 49-132 which was wfu and stored at MASDC in 1967 and sold to Aero Union Corp of Chico, CA in 1969. After fire retardant systems were installed it operated as tanker 'E12' and had the jet engine mounted on top in 1974 to improve performance over forest fires. Sold on to Hemet in 1975, becoming tanker '81' as seen here.

Later converted to VT-29C but clearly a Flying Classroom here with plenty of astrodomes. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

First delivered to the USAAF as 44-44175 in September 1944, this B-24 was passed straight on to the RAF as Liberator GR.VI KH304 that November. The British abandoned many Liberators in India at the end of the war, India putting several back into service after independence and using them until the late 1960s. After storage at Chakeri this aircraft was assigned the serial HE877 by the Indian AF in 1948. In March 1969 it was ferried from Poona to Tucson via the UK. Now displayed with Indian markings on the right side, with the left in the 1944 colours of the 446th BG, Bungay, Suffolk, England.

The first CV-340 for National, Airline of the Stars. The Netherlands CAA initially recorded c/n 108 in their reservation for KLM's PH-TGD (c/n 104). This was changed on 23 May 1953. Photo from: San Diego Air & Space Museum

Colours as flown in 1938

On display for many years in its final identity, N534J, in 2007 this Dragon was repainted in its smart 1950 colours as it flew for Great Lakes Carbon as N61Y. Originally delivered to the USAAC in 1950 as 39-051, the B-23 was based on the DC-3 and intended as a replacement for the B-18, which had in turn been based on the DC-2. Only 38 were built and the type never saw combat.

Still carrying the red cross as flown on relief between March 1969 and March 1970 by Balair for the International Committee of the Red Cross during the Biafran War. Originally tanker KC-97G 52-2626, later modified by the removal of refuelling gear to C-97G

Shown in the marks of the 7th Geodetic Squadron, 55th Strategic Reconnaissance Group, Forbes AFB, KS in 1949. In 1956 the aircraft, one of 220 C-82s built, was sold to Samuel Rudolph Lumber as N6997C, in 1963 on to New Frontier Airlift and in 1969 to Allied Aircraft. However it remained unconverted at Tucson Airport till 1983 when acquired by Pima.

Painted to represent Flying Fortress of the 390th Bomb Group at Framlingham, Suffolk, England in 1943, this is really a B-17G-110-VE 44-85828 built by Lockheed-Vega at Burbank. In August 1945 it was transferred to the US Coast Guard at Elizabeth City, NJ as a PB-1G, serialled 77254. It flew its last mission in October 1959 and was sold in 1960 as N9323R, being converted to a sprayer in 1962. Further modifications came in the late 1960s when it became a firefighting tanker, ending up with Aero Specialities at Mesa, AZ. Transported to the Pima museum by road in December 1980.