Warbird Information Exchange

Another little batch, all had a print date on the back June 14, 1941:















Martin B-10, field code 227


Consolidated PB-2s near the end of their career; note the early Dauntless in the background

Finally, the reason I picked up this lot:



Two very rare St. Louis YPT-15s, field codes 32 and 37, with the 14th Air Base Squadron.
13 built plus the prototype; one of these two pictured may be s/n 40-011 as AAIR lists a landing accident with that one in the 14th ABS on May 4, 1941 (it survived to end up Class 26 at 29 Palms, CA in 1943).
Looks like there's only one survivor: 40-006 at Hood River, OR in the Western Antique Aeroplane and Auto Museum.
https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDo ... ial=306864

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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)

I started flying at MXF in 1987 in a Cessna 152 and finished my C-130 career there in 2012. One would be amazed at the number of these buildings that still stand on base. There is something special about this era of US Army architecture; Kelly, Randolph, and Maxwell all come to mind. There is a lot of history there; if those walls could talk.

Ken

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"Take care of the little things and the big things will take care of themselves."