Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous (10 Viewers)

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[MiTasol]

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi Ki-21 od 60 Sentai 1 chutai at Nanking 1943 HIKO

 

[cammerjeff]

I don't see many pic's of the late versions with the bicycle turret, Nice!

 

[Viking1066]

I don't see many pic's of the late versions with the bicycle turret, Nice!

You are right.

 

[GTX]

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Square peg, round hole...

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[Viking1066]

Boeing F4B Fighter Squadron 1B (VF-1B) landing, probably on USS SARATOGA (CV-3), during the early 1930s. Note tail hook hanging nearly vertical HISN

 

[Viking1066]

May 1940 saw the first of 20 Curtiss H75A-7 Hawk's arrive STUR

 

[MiTasol]

Surprisingly both ships were separated without further damage and made it to port. Accident caused by too many people misjudging distances, not watching their radar in crowded seas and poor visibility.

 

[GTX]

Wow!!

 

[Viking1066]

B-24 Liberators awaiting disassembly at Kingman Air Force base in Arizona. 1947 WWAI

 

[Glider]

Are they new builds being disassembled? They are so clean and untouched I find it hard to see how they can have been used in any capacity.

 

[Viking1066]

Are they new builds being disassembled? They are so clean and untouched I find it hard to see how they can have been used in any capacity.

These aircraft, some barely used during the war, were destined for disassembly and eventual smelting. This site became known as the "Kingman Boneyard" due to the sheer number of aircraft awaiting their fate


The RFC established depots around the country to store and sell surplus aircraft. By the summer of 1945, at least 30 sales-storage depots and 23 sales centers were in operation. In November 1945, it was estimated a total of 117,210 aircraft would be transferred as surplus.
One of the locations chosen was Kingman, with its huge open spaces, good weather for aircraft storage, and three runways, one of which was 6,800 feet in length.
The RFC quickly established Storage Depot No. 41 at Kingman, and by October of 1945 planes were being flown in, parked, and processed. Planes were typically parked by type. As many as 150 airplanes a day were soon flying into Kingman, and the total aircraft inventory by the end of 1945 reached about 4,700.

Aircraft parked and awaiting sale, or the furnaces, at Kingman AAF after World War II​

It is estimated that a total of about 5,500 airplanes were flown to Kingman in 1945 and 1946 for sale and disposal.

Kingman AZ Airplane Boneyard

www.airplaneboneyards.com

 

[Frog]

There were three smelters at Kingman. Because of the end of the war, and the availability of more performing models, many end of production B-24s went directly to the boneyard for disposal.

 

[GTX]

B-24 Liberators awaiting disassembly at Kingman Air Force base in Arizona. 1947 WWAI
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They look like tail draggers...

 

[Greg Boeser]

They look like tail draggers...

No engines = no weight forward.

 

[GTX]

No engines = no weight forward.

True. It is an interesting photo.

 

[Viking1066]

Mitsubishi Ki-30 31st Sentai OPSO

 

[MiTasol]

Seville, Spain, March 2006