Some random EXHIBITS ...

[Mark Allen M]

Part 1


I can't recall where this occurred. Slightly pre-war I'd gather.


Corsair parked across the street from Akron's Municipal Building and beside a war memorial, draws a crowd to an exhibition showcasing war products manufactured in Akron.
















North American F-51D Mustang, #4744FF-744 with post-1947 insignia on display in South Park PA.


P-51 assigned to the 433FS 347FG 5th Air Force at Itazuke AAB Japan 1946.


Representatives of the Catholic Action School visit Parks College.


Cleveland Ohio air exhibit c 1944.










Grumman F6F Hellcat airplane on exhibit at the Kalamazoo Airport 10-25-1943.


Grumman TBF Avenger airplane on exhibit at the Kalamazoo Airport 10-25-1943.

[Mark Allen M]

Part 2














Post-war Brussels exhibit.


Wings For Victory' display, Manchester, England 1943.


Civil Defense patrol event on Monument Circle Indianapolis.


Navy 6th War loan Exhibition, Chicago, Ill, December 1944.


WWII War Bond Drive - San Francisco Telenews Theater 1945.

[phil65]

Great pic's....

Phil

[AG pilot]

Very nice indeed!!

[Vagabond]

My favorite is the Catholic Action League photo: Must be the source of the little known second half of the age old query :
“ How many angels fit on the head of a pin?”
“ How many nuns fit under the wings of a P-47?”

Those nuns were tiny!!

[Mark Allen M]

Part 3


B-25 on display for bonds and war tax stamps. Victory House, in Pershing Square. July 4, 1942.




Parade marches down The Headrow as a military band plays in front of Leeds Town Hall c 1943.


Kittyhawk NZ3220 'Gloria Lyons', from No. 2 Fighter Operational Training Unit in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, for a War Bonds Drive.












Curtiss Wright Product Display - Wright Field - 1941.


P-40 Warhawk 'Red Ball' on display at NACA during World War II.


RCAF Hawker Hurricane MK XII on display for Victory Bond Drive; engine covers removed to display the Merlin engine. November or December 1943.




Crowd gathers around a German Messerschmitt 163 Komet jet on display at Freeman Field in Seymour, Indiana - December 1945.


Downtown Richmond, Virginia post WWII display of German V1 and V2 rockets circa 1950.


Spitfire X4555 in its original PRU scheme. (May 1943 Victory Drive in Ottawa)


SBD Navy Dive Bomber on display at the Vistory House in Pershing Square. The plane is a veteran of South Pacific battles. March 15, 1943.

[phil65]

Strange exhaust set up...

Phil

[Pat Carry]

Love these. Thanks Mark

[Baldeagle]

P-40 Gloria Lyons of course still in existence and being restored in New Zealand.

http://warbirdsnews.com/aviation-museum ... splay.html




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[Chris Brame]

Part 1


I can't recall where this occurred. Slightly pre-war I'd gather.

From August 2016:

Pretty sure the home team is Syracuse:


ETA: Also note the B-25 has continuous dihedral, making it one of the first eight built. Per Baugher, 40-2165 was around until January of '45, and 40-2168 is still with us today, so that narrows it down to six possible a/c (40-2166, 67, and 69 through 72).

Hi Chris,

Great eyes!

I think the home team is at the State Fairgrounds, not the University, which was the station of some "specialized depot" what ever that means. It does look like to me now that they are being "parted out" as need be, note that none of the airframes have engines which I think would be the first to be recycled.

All the best

Tom

[Stoney]

Strange exhaust set up... full collector, one of the "Catch 22" birds had it.

[bdk]

Seems to fit the description of the Hayes Mod, but those weren't delivered unti the early 1950s.

TB-25L

Under contract with the Hayes Aircraft Company of Birmingham, Alabama, 75 B-25Js were modified for specialized advanced pilot training under the designation TB-25L. The aircraft were rebuilt from the ground up. All armament and armor was removed, and the pilot's three-piece windshield was replaced by a one-piece windshield that was equipped with wiper blades and an anti-icing system. The front engine hatch was enlarged. Two passenger seats were added forward of the bomb bay, and five seats were installed in the aft fuselage. On some airplanes, exhaust semi-collector rings replaced the "S" stacks on the top seven cylinders of each engine. Deliveries began in April of 1952, and continued through December.

http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_bombers/b25_29.html

Strange exhaust set up...

Phil

[phil65]

I don't recall seeing that type of exhaust set up until after the war.

Phil

[Mark Allen M]

Part 4


A display of U.S. Navy photographic equipment pictured with an F7F-3P Tigercat and F6F-5P Hellcat.


Museum of Applied Science of Victoria (Science Museum), Melbourne, 1953.

[Chris Brame]

Strange exhaust set up... full collector, one of the "Catch 22" birds had it.

B-25H 43-4432/N10V - per Scott Thompson's B-25 Mitchell in Civil Service, it was surplussed in '45 so didn't go through the Hayes mods (but had a lot of changes in civilian life, including those exhausts - it had multi-stacks originally).