Boeing P-26A

[Snautzer01]

 

[Snautzer01]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Good stuff!

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots! Thanks for sharing.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That was such a nifty plane!

 

[pbehn]

I love the plane, I wouldnt like to fight in it but it looks just great.

 

[buffnut453]

That first pic is awesome! If I'm not mistaken, they're aircraft of the 17th Pursuit Group which lives on today, after many metamorphoses, as the 17th Training Wing at Goodfellow AFB, TX.

 

[Snautzer01]

nobody saw the joke in the first pic ??

 

[bobbysocks]

obviously not..does it have something to do with plane 00..with the different colored cowling?

 

[Capt. Vick]

Tell us man!

 

[Snautzer01]

Take a close look at the tail numbers. 102, 101.. now look at how they made 100.

 

[Snautzer01]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Capt. Vick]

I remember reading in "Doomed at the Start" an instance of a US pilot getting behind a zero over the Philippines and didn't know how to charge the guns! Oh what could have been, though there is a report of a Pilipino pilot downing a Japanese plane during the invasion.

 

[syscom3]

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Looks like they are lined up at March Field.

 

[Prop Duster]

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The colorful green markings are a nice addition to an other wise bland black and white photo.

Seriously: Great photo thanks for sharing it.

 

[johnbr]

http://edan.si.edu/slideshow/slideshowViewer.htm?eadrefid=NASM.XXXX.0356_ref627

 

[Wurger]