Warbird Information Exchange

http://www.mytractorforum.com/showthread.php?t=89921

Stange looking for sure.

Kinda looks like an early North American product. That tail and the way the wings are attached to the center section sure looks like they share some of the same DNA as the T-6.

Gary

Definitely North American Aviation, may be one of the early Harvards (Mk.I) or NA-16 era.

Why? The roll over cage, structure, wing, tail feathers are all definitely from the NA T-6/Harvard family. Similar structure and look to the CAC Wirraway, a licence built NAA type, but I don't thin it's in Aus!

Drop a line to 'MacHarvard' - I'm sure he'll ID the subtype for you.

Or post in the main forum.

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I just posted about this one on the Wreckchasing forum last week:

http://pacaeropress.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=3573457

And here's the original link to the shorpy.com site which has more info:

http://www.shorpy.com/node/6496

It's a North American BC-1 trainer, serial 37-670, ancestor to the T-6. The pilot was Lt. Col. Leslie MacDill, for whom MacDill Field was named.

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Thanks guys! Things seem to get around. I got it from the joke section of a Tractor forum.

No doubt 100% identifiable.
The airplane picture is a Fairchild Cornel.
I have a wreck of one sitting in my yard that looks similar to the one Pictured

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I would agree it is a BC-1 as well and not a PT-26

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Are you sure???

Rudder, V stab , H stab, wood skinned wings , tail wheel and fairing , fairing around the base of the V stab all say Fairchild Cornel.
Even the wing attach point fairing on the wing and the burnt melted one at the fuse look Cornel.

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Boy, I dunno......the bottom of the rudder sure looks like BC-1 to me, and that looks like the remains of the baggage compartment door frame just aft of the rear cockpit.

Gary

Ya maybe , I can't find any good pics of a BC-1 to compare.
Was it a fabric fuselage like the one in the pic?
If so I am guessing a BC-1 is the equivalent of what we called a North American Harvard mk 1

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Yes, I believe the BC-1s, or at least the early North American stuff, were equipped with fabric covered aft fuselages.

Interesting discussion here.

Gary

http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/25349a.jpg

I see rivets on the wing and wing to center section attach angles... That's no PT!

scroll down to the last reply on the webpage

It's a North American BC-1 trainer, serial 37-670, ancestor to the T-6. The pilot was Lt. Col. Leslie MacDill, for whom MacDill Field was named


November 9, 1938. Washington, D.C. "Two U.S. Army fliers -- Lieut. Col. Leslie MacDill, General Staff Corps Officer, and Private Joseph G. Gloxner -- were burned to death today in the worst aerial tragedy in the history of the Capital when their plane crashed on a street in Anacostia, a short distance from Bolling Field. Three automobiles were wrecked in the crash. Col. MacDill was piloting the plane." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative

You mean we should actually read stuff on the internet??? I was kind of getting used to guessing what this was. It was certainly more fun than just knowing the answer right away.

Gary

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