Aero Vintage Books

Aircraft markings for the most part were very strictly standardized, which is one reason a person knowledgeable say for a B-24 can look at the camouflage scheme and tell if the aircraft was a Ford build vs a Consolidated ship (etc....). For a B-17 (especially for the early Boeing ships) there was mi...

Myth #10 all the late B-17F's had chin turrets.... * * * Let's add to the B-17 history: 1) The B-17 was designed as a long range medium bomber. 2) If WWII had started 1-year earlier or 1-year later, the B-17 would have been retired as obsolete as the F4F or TBD-1; Boeing was in talks with Consolidat...

We all have seen photos of Hobbs 92 at Kingman - but no serial attached.

She is 44-8064

Wonder if " 10" is 42-5153

Pretty sure you nailed it with Hendricks - deos not have the weird 3's found on Lockbourne ships.

New one for the files, I only previously had a B-17G for " 38 "

Can you read the serial number on the background B-17.

the style of the call numbers (tall and narrow) looks like these are from Hendricks

CBSTexas posted last year the Airboss audio.

What makes this video stand out is at the 1:30 mark is a very clear shot of the wing section post fire

https://youtu.be/uP5xzTjf7DQ?si=njnBNHGZLIf3OM6n&t=90

A lot of the much older books while interesting should often be apporached with trepadation and caution; much of this material has been superseeded with much newer material. Robert Archer's book on aircraft markings indicates that the yellow ring was more of a MTO marking (as indicated for Torch). I...

Messed with the image a biot more - found if you have photoshop colorize the original then greyscale you get a better result

Both the A-24 and P-39 become more distinctive.

Thanks for posting them.

I don't think so; the picture of 1-2499 in Allahabad in early '41 shows it without the ball turret in the belly. I have no sense of when/how they did upgrades in the field, but this was clearly before it was back in CONUS, before the image with "jungle" camoflage at Hendricks Field. But I thank you...

Could this be N17W - not too many unstaggered waist position ships in 1954

This one just popped-up at DPLA

Looks like pre deployment

H-30 was 44-8066
H-33 was 42-30991

Both of these ships were on the listing but not identified.

From accident report 45-7-24-64

At the time of the Mid-air over MacDill 42-3470 was according to the accident report had an RCL of M-B3

Any markings for the third Air Force marked with the squadron of " 5" meant a HQ aircraft and worn out for training

In the really early 70s my Boy Scout Troop was doing a required cross-country hike for some badge. You know the sort that you use your map and compass and just hike out into the woods. We found a relatively intact B-17 and informed the Rangers. Any chance of an ID on that B-17? I imagine most crash...