Warbird Information Exchange

Here's something you don't see every day.I was searching the Google Life files under Boeing and these showed up.There was no caption other than to credit the pictures to Thomas MacAvoy.

















I did find one outstanding actual Boeing picture as well

nice pics

Wow.

What, pray tell, is the sleek twin that reminds me of something Japanese Army...??

And that red bipe with the trike gear...what was the intention? Preparation for the arrival of the P-39 (or the B-25 and B-26)?

Fantastic shots. Many thanks for posting them.

S.

The twin-engine job is a Martin 167 Maryland. The AAF bought one for evaluation, but never placed a production order. All the Marylands build went to the French and British (after France fell.)

SN

Steve T,

I assume that you are asking about this airplane:



It looks to me to be a Curtiss A-18 as in this link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-18_Shrike

Then again,as you did say "sleek twin",Steve Nelson would be correct with the Martin Maryland



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-22_Maryland

The red bipe is a Douglas A-4, a BT-2 converted into a radio control taget drone, like many of the WWII target drones it could be flown by a pilot, it was common to convert to tricycle gear for ease of ground handling when flown remotely.

Tom-

Thanx--it was the Shrike I was wondering about...recognized the Maryland, but the Shrike had me stumped! Nice-looking machine. One of those would look nice at Dayton...presumably none survives though.

S.

Does best Homer Simpson...
MMMMMM.... Martin Maryland......drool, drool, drool!

I have a few pieces from Maryland's and Baltimore's. I'd love to see one in existence some day.

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Well, there is the Baltimore that was donated to a trade school in the Baltimore area. No one seems to know what the final disposition of the aircraft was. Maybe it's still sitting in a warehouse in Dundalk?

I hope that Baltimore is sitting next to the Battle of Britain relic Bf-110 that was sent to Martin by the RAF.

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