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special ed · May 6, 2019

Col. E. W. Stewart 8AF 65FW 4FG 336FS with P-51D s/n 44-72181 "Sunny VIII" - Doesn't sarge look happy?

Another shot of "Sunny VIII"

P-51D 65FW 355FG 358FS - White spinner, Yellow nose and rudder, green anti-glare panel

Capt. Don Gentile 8AF 65FW 4FG 336FS with P-51B

Some of the same guys with 2 place P-51B

P-51D "STASIA II" 8AF 353FG 352FS

8AF 67FW 364FG 383FS

Maj. Wm. A. Shomo F6D 82nd Tactical Rec. Sq Mindoro, Island, Phillipines in this aircraft shot down six planes during the same mission.

source: ed - National Archives photos

Wurger · May 7, 2019

Airframes · May 7, 2019

Good stuff.
The third pic, showing YF-U, was taken at Speke (Liverpool) airport, at the end of the European war. The airport has since been re-designed, with new runways and terminal buildings, slightly east of the original field, now being known as John Lennon International Airport.
The original terminal and control tower, seen in the pic, have been preserved and now serve as a hotel complex.

special ed · May 7, 2019

8AF 65FW 355FG 358FS

P-51D

P-51D

PT-17

PT-17 10 OCT 1942

PT-17

PT-17 same aircraft as previous photo

source: ed - National Archives photos

Wurger · May 8, 2019

special ed · May 8, 2019

XFF-1 BuNo 8878 prototype 1st flight 29 DEC 1931 redesig FF-1 in 1936 crashed out of fuel 4 MAR 1937

XSF-1 BuNo 8940 scout prototype first flight 20 AUG 1932

XF2F-1 BuNo 9342 crashed Anacostia NAS Apr 1938

F2F-1

F2F-1 BuNo 9626 crashed NAS Miami MAY 1941

F3F-1 BuNo 0211 crashed at sea NAS Miami MARCH 1942

F3F-1 BuNo 0232

F3F-2

F3F-3 BuNo 1463

source: ed - National Archives photos

Wurger · May 9, 2019

special ed · May 9, 2019

Source: ed's collection - original photos

Wurger · May 9, 2019

special ed · May 10, 2019

source: ed - all original photos except the last , the F7F, which is from National Archives

Wurger · May 10, 2019

Gnomey · May 10, 2019

Nice shots!

special ed · May 11, 2019

XSB2C-1 Curtiss factory photo

SB2C-1 Curtiss photo dated 1 NOV 1943 (one of the first 200 acft with four .50 cal. guns)

national archives photo

SB2C-4 from USS Lake Champlaine CV-39 23 JUNE 1945

Curtiss photo of A-25 supplied to Australia

XBT2C-1 Curtiss photo

Curtiss SC-2 on wheels not float - Peter Bowers photo

Beech GB-2 - Beech photo

source: ed

Wurger · May 11, 2019

nuuumannn · May 11, 2019

great pics as always.

Airframes said:
now being known as John Lennon International Airport.

Good spotting Terry, was gonna do the same. As an aside, the motto of John Lennon Airport is, not surprisingly, "Above Us Only Sky" - a line from Lennon's classic track "Imagine", and Ian Hislop of British satire magazine Private Eye once quipped, the baggage handlers had their own motto from the same song, "Imagine no possessions..."