more old photo hodge-podge
Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:22 pm
Here are some more very miscellaneous variety vintage aircraft photos and a clipping from my dad's old albums. Something for everyone.
An early B-26B, 41-17545.
The smashed Stearman is unidentified but note the big numerals 222 on the fuselage. It crashed just outside the front porch of my dad’s house, I assume at Prescott, AZ.
Waco UPF-7, NC29906, c/n 5403 was built 23 Sept 1940. It was the only airplane my dad, Ernest L. Thompson (right), ever owned. This photo was taken 25 days after he purchased it on 15 October 1946 at Welton, Arizona.
AT-11’s at Prescott, AZ 1946-47. The far background Kansan looks like N626 ?
In the foreground is A-26C-45-DT, 44-35686. In the background one tail is of an A-26C-40-DT, 44-35649. (648 is displayed at Castle). Photo taken at March Field in 1950.
P-80A-1-LO, 44-85157 c/n 80-1180. Photo likely taken at March Field.
These 509th Composite Wing B-29s are returning to Roswell from Wendover. In the foreground is 44-86401, a Martin, Omaha-built B-29-55-MO. My dad flew formation practice bombing missions from Roswell to Wendover several times between May 1947 and November 1948. (A side note: B-29 44-86402 was the mother ship for the X-7).
The B-36 in the foreground is 49-2683, the last B-36F-5-CF. (49-2684 was the YB-60-5-CF)
A kind of spooky, almost graveyard type photo. The C-47 I believe was hauled home by Jim Larkin from the Boise Interagency Fire Center. The caption on the December 29, 1971 Idaho Statesman photo says, “Wingless Bird Broods in Ada Field. Incongruous in its farm field setting is this plane which still faintly bears the name “Utah Air Guard.” The craft with its unbolted wings stacked nearby is located near the intersection of South Eagle Road with the Kuna-Mora road. Attempts to find out why the plane was left in the field obtained no results. (Statesman photo by Bob Lorimer)”
PB4Y-2 N6816D,BuAer 59905, tanker #42 owned by Wenairco, Inc. at Wenatchee, WA. Photo likely taken between 1969-72. It burned up on the runway at Wenatchee on July 27, 1972, flames destroying the aft end of the fuselage forward of the tail after an in-flight fire according to NTSB report SEA73DYG06.
An early B-26B, 41-17545.
The smashed Stearman is unidentified but note the big numerals 222 on the fuselage. It crashed just outside the front porch of my dad’s house, I assume at Prescott, AZ.
Waco UPF-7, NC29906, c/n 5403 was built 23 Sept 1940. It was the only airplane my dad, Ernest L. Thompson (right), ever owned. This photo was taken 25 days after he purchased it on 15 October 1946 at Welton, Arizona.
AT-11’s at Prescott, AZ 1946-47. The far background Kansan looks like N626 ?
In the foreground is A-26C-45-DT, 44-35686. In the background one tail is of an A-26C-40-DT, 44-35649. (648 is displayed at Castle). Photo taken at March Field in 1950.
P-80A-1-LO, 44-85157 c/n 80-1180. Photo likely taken at March Field.
These 509th Composite Wing B-29s are returning to Roswell from Wendover. In the foreground is 44-86401, a Martin, Omaha-built B-29-55-MO. My dad flew formation practice bombing missions from Roswell to Wendover several times between May 1947 and November 1948. (A side note: B-29 44-86402 was the mother ship for the X-7).
The B-36 in the foreground is 49-2683, the last B-36F-5-CF. (49-2684 was the YB-60-5-CF)
A kind of spooky, almost graveyard type photo. The C-47 I believe was hauled home by Jim Larkin from the Boise Interagency Fire Center. The caption on the December 29, 1971 Idaho Statesman photo says, “Wingless Bird Broods in Ada Field. Incongruous in its farm field setting is this plane which still faintly bears the name “Utah Air Guard.” The craft with its unbolted wings stacked nearby is located near the intersection of South Eagle Road with the Kuna-Mora road. Attempts to find out why the plane was left in the field obtained no results. (Statesman photo by Bob Lorimer)”
PB4Y-2 N6816D,BuAer 59905, tanker #42 owned by Wenairco, Inc. at Wenatchee, WA. Photo likely taken between 1969-72. It burned up on the runway at Wenatchee on July 27, 1972, flames destroying the aft end of the fuselage forward of the tail after an in-flight fire according to NTSB report SEA73DYG06.
Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:20 am
Those are some great shots!
You have more!?
Thanks for sharing!
You have more!?
Thanks for sharing!
Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:49 am
Holy Cow! Nice photos! 
So cool to see B-36's flying.
So cool to see B-36's flying.
Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:41 pm
Fantastic images, and details. Thanks very much for posting, and please feel free to post more!
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers,
Richard
Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:18 pm
Great shots.
Looks like engine #4 on the B-36 is throwing a little oil on the tail. Not that R-4360's ever leaked any!
Kevin
Looks like engine #4 on the B-36 is throwing a little oil on the tail. Not that R-4360's ever leaked any!
Kevin
Wed Dec 26, 2007 8:30 pm
great pics!
B
B
Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:41 am
Those vintage black and white's look Gr8!! 
I really like the shot of
the Waco your Dad owned and the flight shot of B-36's Thank's
I really like the shot of
the Waco your Dad owned and the flight shot of B-36's Thank's
Re: more old photo hodge-podge
Sat Dec 29, 2007 1:22 pm
L. Thompson wrote:
These 509th Composite Wing B-29s are returning to Roswell from Wendover. In the foreground is 44-86401, a Martin, Omaha-built B-29-55-MO. My dad flew formation practice bombing missions from Roswell to Wendover several times between May 1947 and November 1948. (A side note: B-29 44-86402 was the mother ship for the X-7).
B-29 44-86401 was one of 19 B-29's produced in the regular B-29 configuration and later modified to the Silverplate version a year after the end of WWII when the atomic strike force expanded. Destroyed at Aberdeen Army Proving Ground as a test target sometime after 1956...
