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Here is the same pdf after I ran OCR on it. This makes is searchable as well as straighter. I is now only 83MB. I trimmed the top and bottom of each page. Hopefully, you will find this useful.

The OD wingtip might be from the boneyard. It might of been off an OD painted aircraft.

A few thoughts: In the book: The 9th Air Force in WWII by Ken C. Rust It was noted that the 410 FS had no band on the nose of the P-47 (but noted that some had black nose bands). Remember that the P-47s in the ETO were delivered with black noses and tail bands. It may be that it was not worth...

TO 01-35EA-1 Handbook of Operation and Flight Instructions for the Model B-26 is a link for an early B-26 Flight Instructions Manual.

T.O. 01-55EC-2 Finish section attached

Do these help at all?

http://www.avialogs.com/index.php/aircraft/usa/bell/p-59-airacomet/an-01-110ff-2-erection-and-maintenance-instructions-for-army-models-p-59a-and-p-59b-airplanes.html Starting on page 153 (Section IV Paragraph 6 "Communication Equipment"

AN 01-85FD-2 Erection and Maintenance Handbook for F8F-1, -1b, -1N, F8F-2, 2N airplanes

Here you go in pdf format: https://app.box.com/s/hjgkzwy26g9cvi02rb68

Sorry, no link. I bought the manuals. I then OCR'd them and copied to this post.

(Typos courtesy of Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.5 Optical Character Recognition) From: AN 01-85FD-2 1 March 1948 Erection and Maintenance Handbook for NAVY MODELS F8F-1, -1B, -IN F8F-2, -2N AIRPLANES (THE INFORMATION ON THE F8F-2 AND -2N AIRPLANES IS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION) THIS PUBLICATION...

I got it on eBay.

Here are few from the B-26B C (E&M) November 25, 1943:

Here is a page out of the P-63 Pilot's manual.

Note in the first of the photos in my post shows that "Ole ****" has the original cowling flaps. Subsequent photos show that the later cowling flaps were installed. This is fairly common if the a/c lasted that long. The screenshots are from DVD's from Sam Sox, Jr (author and archivist). This...