4 results found
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 10 August 2025 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Photo ID: | 842385Submit Correction |
View count: | 40 |
On display at Pima Air & Space Museum. The Owl was the last heavy observation aircraft built for the USAAF. Powered by a 600-hp P&W R-1340-51 Wasp radial engine, the Army Air Force determined by 1941 that the Owl was no match for modern combat conditions. The 203 Owls built were used as trainers and for coastal patrol duties. Owls were shipped to the USSR, which used ten of the type for artillery spotting during WW2. This aircraft served with the 22nd Observation Sqn at Brooks Field, TX between 1941-43. The 0.30 in. gun port can be seen on the cowling behind the propeller.
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 10 August 2025 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 10 August 2025 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Photo ID: | 842385Submit Correction |
View count: | 40 |
On display at Pima Air & Space Museum. The Owl was the last heavy observation aircraft built for the USAAF. Powered by a 600-hp P&W R-1340-51 Wasp radial engine, the Army Air Force determined by 1941 that the Owl was no match for modern combat conditions. The 203 Owls built were used as trainers and for coastal patrol duties. Owls were shipped to the USSR, which used ten of the type for artillery spotting during WW2. This aircraft served with the 22nd Observation Sqn at Brooks Field, TX between 1941-43. The 0.30 in. gun port can be seen on the cowling behind the propeller.
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 10 August 2025 |
Photo by: | Arjun SarupContact |
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 26 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 697605Submit Correction |
View count: | 164 |
Wrecked in a landing accident at Brooks Field, TX in April 1942. Stored by various museums and eventually restored by 2011 at Pima in its 22nd Observation Squadron marks
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 26 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 26 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Photo ID: | 697605Submit Correction |
View count: | 164 |
Wrecked in a landing accident at Brooks Field, TX in April 1942. Stored by various museums and eventually restored by 2011 at Pima in its 22nd Observation Squadron marks
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 26 January 2023 |
Photo by: | Richard VandervordContact |
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 28 September 2019 |
Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
Photo ID: | 637310Submit Correction |
View count: | 226 |
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 September 2019 |
Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 28 September 2019 |
Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
Photo ID: | 637310Submit Correction |
View count: | 226 |
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 28 September 2019 |
Photo by: | Jack PoelstraContact |
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 11 February 2008 |
Photo by: | Kas van ZonneveldContact |
Photo ID: | 241049Submit Correction |
View count: | 349 |
Developed in 1939 and the last "heavy" observation aircraft for the Air Force. Only 203 Owls were built. This aircraft entered service with the USAF around 1940, crashed and wrecked in a landing accident at Brooks Field, Texas. To the Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum at Teaxed between 1974 and 1984. Stored unrestored at Chino, moved to the Yanks Air Museum at Chino by 2002. Seen dismantled on a trailer at Chino in February 2004, likely on the way to Pima (on loan). By 2008, a restoration project was started, which lasted until September 2011.
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 11 February 2008 |
Photo by: | Kas van ZonneveldContact |
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map |
Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Collection: | Pima Air and Space Museum |
Photo Date: | 11 February 2008 |
Photo by: | Kas van ZonneveldContact |
Photo ID: | 241049Submit Correction |
View count: | 349 |
Developed in 1939 and the last "heavy" observation aircraft for the Air Force. Only 203 Owls were built. This aircraft entered service with the USAF around 1940, crashed and wrecked in a landing accident at Brooks Field, Texas. To the Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum at Teaxed between 1974 and 1984. Stored unrestored at Chino, moved to the Yanks Air Museum at Chino by 2002. Seen dismantled on a trailer at Chino in February 2004, likely on the way to Pima (on loan). By 2008, a restoration project was started, which lasted until September 2011.
Registration / Serial: | 40-2746 |
Alternate Serial: | 02746 |
Aircraft Version: | Curtiss O-52 Owl |
C/n (msn): | 14279 |
Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
City / Area: | Tucson / Pima Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map | Region / Country: | Arizona, United States |
Photo Date: | 11 February 2008 |
Photo by: | Kas van ZonneveldContact |