Rick Showalter
Recruit
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- Jul 24, 2018
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Hey all,
New to the forum. Just found a bunch of B&W negatives all 1947-1949
Randolph Air Force Base in TX
I'm trying to id plane types by tail numbers and Letters. but somewhat confusing for me(train guy)
Here are a few pics....
thanks
Ricky Showalter
Naperville IL
The P/F-51 was held in front-line service through Korea and started to get phased out as newer types were coming into service during the 50's....and P-51 / F-51 were probably WW2 surplus aircraft that may have been used for specific training purposes and/or ended up with various Air National Guard units or sold to allied nations after the war.
Good eye, Grant!Nice pics and good identification, although image 0034 is a B-50, not a B-29.
Nice pics and good identification, although image 0034 is a B-50, not a B-29.
Nice pics.
Pic 0037 is a Boeing B-29A-70-BN Superfortress.
Tail number 44-62253, (They delete the first 4 ( stand for 1944) and the -) give the number 462253 on the tail.
Just as the P/F-82 may resemble the P-51, it's a completely new design, although it and the P-51H shares a common ancestor, the XP-51F.As a historical note - the "D" and "H" P-51 models are one of the historical curiosities where two designs are very similar yet share almost no common parts.
Hey all,
New to the forum. Just found a bunch of B&W negatives all 1947-1949
Randolph Air Force Base in TX
I'm trying to id plane types by tail numbers and Letters. but somewhat confusing for me(train guy)
Here are a few pics....
thanks
Ricky Showalter
Naperville IL
This sweet PT-13-- "The stuff dreams are made of"-- Wowieeee!!Img 0029 - a formation of B-25 Mitchells, probably J models
Img 0034 & 0037 - B-29 Superfortress
Img 0007 - Sikorsky H-5 Dragonfly
Here is a recently taken photo of a PT-17 Stearman in the war-time color scheme... note the black text on the fuselage beneath the wing struts:
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