Warbird Information Exchange

OK Folks, need your help once more with yet another unloved aircraft series.

A single North American O-47 was donated by the USAAF to the Shelby County School of Aeronautics in Whitehaven, TN, which I believe was and still is a town in the vicinity of Memphis.

I'd like to learn more about how that aircraft was used by the school and locate photos of her while there.

Looks like they had quite a few interesting aircraft/items.
http://aviationhistoryofthemidsouth.com/scsa2.html

http://aviationhistoryofthemidsouth.com ... scsa22.jpg

If you contact, "THESE PICTURES WERE PROVIDED BY THE GREATER ST. LOUIS AIR & SPACE MUSEUM FROM THEIR RAINEY BELL COLLECTION, THANKS TO THEM AND MARK NANKIVIL. PLEASE SEE OUR CREDITS AND LINKS PAGES." you may be able to get a higher rez scan.

From the site:




Let's enlarge that and tweak the contrast:

Looks like 37-307, which (per Baugher) was w/o on October 19, 1942 in Raleigh, NC. AAIR lists it as a takeoff accident, nose-up; it also lists another accident on January 10, 1943 - takeoff crash, engine failure at Jacksonville AAB. Anyone have the microfilm on these?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)