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Rubicana, Could you try and contact me please. I have new information relating to surviving Polaris Stearman C3Rs. I have tried to send a PM but as you may be new user perhaps the PM system will not work for you. M-62A3

Rubicana, I do not know how well the WW2aircraft.net forums PM systems works but if you read this please e-mail me at [email protected] It was I who suggested the panel was from a Stearman C3R. Two of the Polaris C3Rs have recently been acquired by Av. museums - in Texas. I would like a...

Airframes, Try this link and look at the eighth photograph down. This is a Hudson Mk.III, but as far as I can recall is was a feature of the Mk.I as well. RNZAF Lockheed Hudson Survivors I came across mention of this gun position when researching to do a model of of No.53 Squadron Hudson, 8 or...

Do not forget the Hudson had a gun position in the rear fuselage floor. I think there was a hatch which hinged down to enable one of gunners to fire downwards and rearwards. My guess is the m/guns had been removed and the parachutist simply slide down the same hatchway. One of the museum...

Tom, Wes and all, I can say with total certainty this is not a Fairchild PT-19, -23, or 26 cockpit. I have studied the type for many years and would have recognized the cockpit if it was. I would also stress that no Fairchild PT's were assigned to any USAAC or RAF schools in California. To...

Tom, Following on from the suggestion made by Wes... Are you aware that, Polaris Flight Academy, the civilian contractor that operated No.2 B.F.T.S. also had a contract with the RAF to operate a U.K. Refresher School? These approved civilian schools trained/refreshed U.S. volunteer pilots...

Mamerle, Thank you for the serial nos and details, most useful. Yes the aircraft listed are all Fairchild Argus. The type was supplied from the U.S.A. and purchased with Lend-Lease funds. Those delivered to the U.K. were extensively used as taxi aircraft by the A.T.A. Thus, A.T.A. logbooks...

Mamerle, May I ask, did your mother record the individual aircraft serial nos. in her logbook? I am researching various Fairchild types and would be very interested in which Argus she flew and the dates and locations recorded. M-62A3

Whilst I would wish to pay tribute to the important contribution of the B-18As B-18Bs and their crews to the war against the U-boats in the Caribbean the above statement is not correct. Two U-boats were confirmed sunk by U.S. Navy Lockheed PBOs (Hudsons) of VP-82 operating out of Argentia...