Douglas RD2 Bringing the Admiral Ashore in the 1930’s
Curtiss R3C
Martin RB-57A
432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Shaw AFB. This aircraft, 52-1444, was later reassigned to Shaw’s 363rd TRW, but crashed in 1958.
Martin PM-1 of VP-9
PB2Y Coronado
This one, 7099, was the personal aircraft of Admiral Chester Nimitz. He flew in this to accept the Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri. The aircraft is now the sole survivor of its type, and is on display at the Naval Air Museum.
A handsome pair of OA-4B seaplanes
The first wears the insignia of the 30th Bomb Squadron which flew the OA-4B from 1932-36.
O-46, 118th Observation Squadron
O-38 (33-7), 115th Observation Squadron
Douglas O-38
Air Corps Detachment, Bolling Field, DC.
O-25C, 16th Observation Squadron
Thomas-Morse O-19
120th Observation Squadron, Colorado National Guard.
Douglas O2H
103rd Observation Squadron, 28th Division, Pennsylvania National Guard. Note the 28th’s keystone emblem on the tail and wheels.
Fledgling birdmen and their PT-13’s
Well, “Yee-Haw”
Stearman YBT-3, 31-461
Busy day at the Stearman factory
The one and only Douglas XB-19
B-18, 3rd Observation Squadron, Langley Field
O-43, 22nd Observation Squadron
O-38, 115th Observation Squadron
Aeronautical Section of the California National Guard. Painted on the nose is the aircraft’s home “Griffith Park.”
C-47, 103rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron
Pennsylvania Air Guard, out for a drive.
Thomas-Morse O-19E
The Jive Bomber 