Recent content by FallGuy25

Thanks Joe - I'm agreeing with you that it looks like the Y1B-7, but I'm wondering if the mast was added at a later time, since these are the only photos in which a mast appears. I'm wondering if it is in fact this EXACT plane below - look at the wording under the cockpit, and see how it seems...

Wow, you nailed it! Now just trying to figure out the exact model. It might actually be one of the 7 Y1B-7's, not the XB-7 prototype, due to the description of the Y1B-7 having a three-bladed propeller. Although on my photo, it appears the mast might be the external brace referred to in the...

A family member posted these photos on Facebook. Her assertion was that it was a one-of-a kind built for reconnaisance, but I know she has her stories mixed up. The gentleman in the photo was Ted Sinclair Faulkner, who flew one of the first B-24's and later the commander of the 468th bomb...