Adler's Warbirds

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Boeing-Stearman N2S-3 Kaydet
SN: 05369

Current Location: US Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida, USA

This particular aircraft was one of the Stearman's flown by US President George H.W. Bush when he was an Aviation Cadet at NAS Minneapolis during January of 1943. The aircraft's logbooks show that Aviation Cadet Bush flew this particular aircraft on 2 occasions. During the war, when it was used to train Navy pilots, it logged 2860 flight hours by wars end.

 

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Naval Air Factory N3N
SN: 3046

Current Location: US Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida, USA

History: Unknown

 

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Boeing P-26A Peashooter
SN: 33-135

Current Location: National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington DC, USA

This aircraft was accepted by the US Army Air Corps in 1934. It was assigned to the 94th Pursuit Squadron at Selfridge Field, Michigan until it was transferred to the Panama Canal Zone in 1938. On 11 May 1943 it was sold to the Guatemalan Air Force, where it remained in service until 1957.

 

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Brewster SB2A Buccaneer
SN: FF860

Current Location: US Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida, USA

This aircraft was one of the 750 that was ordered by the RAF. The aircraft was outdated and inadequate from the time it was built. None ever saw combat, and were only used as glider tugs, maintenance trainers, and many even outright scrapped straight upon delivery.

 

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More to come later...

 

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[Robert Porter]

Nice shots and info! Loving this gallery!

 

[Airframes]

Great stuff Chris.

 

[fubar57]

Very nice

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Gnomey]

Great shots Chris!

 

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[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Consolidated B-24L-20-FO Liberator
SN: 44-50206

Current Location: RAF Museum Hendon, London, England

Delivered to the USAAF on December 6, 1944, after being built at the Ford Factory at Willow Run Factory in Detroit, Michigan. Aircraft was placed in operational reserve at Fairfield, Ohio until 27 April 1945 when it was transferred to the RAF. Aircraft was flown to India an assigned to the No. 99 Squadron. Aircraft was then transferred to the Indian Air Force following Indian independence in August 1947. The aircraft was then converted to a maritime patrol aircraft. The aircraft flew its final sortie on 24 December 1968, and was retired.

 

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B-24D Liberator
SN: Unknown

Current Location: National WW2 Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Nose section only. History unknown. I am not sure if this even an original, or if it is a reproduction.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
SN: 44-33954

Current Location: Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Anchorage, Alaska

This aircraft was assigned to the 10th Rescue Squadron out of Elmendorf, Alaska when it crashed into Lake Dago in 1947. The aircraft was recovered in 1984.

 

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Catalina PBY-5A Catalina (Canadian Vickers PBV-1A Canso)
SN: 9767

Current Location: Paris, France

This is a Canadian license built PBY-5A. The aircraft was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force 4 March 1943, and assigned to No. 162 Squadron in Reykjavik, Iceland. On 17 April 1944, this aircraft commanded by Capt. Tom Cooke, sank the German U-Boot U-342 southwest of Iceland, killing all 51 men onboard. The aircraft was retired on 1 April 1946.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
SN: 8317

Current Location: US Naval Aviation Museum Pensacola, Florida, USA

This is the only pure seaplane variant of the Catalina in existence in the world.

 

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Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina
SN: UNK

Current Location: US Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida, USA

This aircraft has had the skins removed to show the interior.

 

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Consolidated PB2Y Coronado
SN: 7099

Current Location: US Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida, USA

This is the only surviving PB2Y Coronado in existence, and was the aircraft that carried Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his staff to Tokyo to attend Japan's surrender ceremonies aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945.

 

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Curtiss BFC-2 Hawk
SN: 9332

Current Location: US Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida, USA

This aircraft was assigned to Squadron VB-5 aboard the USS Ranger (CV-4).