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A friend of a friend is looking for any info on this photo... time period, place, anything else? I know very little on the B-10, so any help appreciated.

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Actually I think thats a B-12.

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How can you tell?

The only diff between the two was the engines and I am not sure enough of the cowling is visible to say for sure.

Most pictures I seen show the B-12 had a scoop on top of the cowling. The B-10 didn't.

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I do wish the NMUSAF wopuld allow people to wark all the way around their B-10.
I've seen it hundreds of times, but always from the same angle...I do wonder what the rest of the plane looks like.

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Maybe a forced landing somewhere out West? The plane doesn't look like it is sitting on anything resembling an airfield and no other planes are present. Also having several civilians and only one person in uniform would lead me to believe this is someplace off base. It must have been in the autumn as the people pictured are either wearing jackets or long sleeves, but the scrub vegetation appears to be fully grown. I'd say this is later in the plane's service as the early models were blue with yellow wings, and this plane doesn't look like it has the yellow wings...maybe '37 or '38. The 19th BG flew B-10s out of March Field, the only B-10 group stationed on the West Coast, so I would guess this is a 19th BG bird.

How about this YB-12 (thanks to Aircraft Serial Number Search):

(33-)160 force landed 12 mi E of Tucson, AZ Feb 25, 1938. To CL-26 at Maxwell Training Center, AL Feb 12, 1942

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Actually you can walk all the way around the left side, it's just difficult to get a decent picture from that angle. Over the years, these is the best I've been able to do. Hopefully someday I'll be able to afford a genuine DSLR with a decent wide-angle lens.

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here are some I just took last week.








and these were the best i could get with my wide angle lens...........

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Here's a shot through the front turret. Decent view of the interior, at least what's left of it.

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Thanks Chris!

And thanks for the NMUSAF photos too!

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Greetings,

I know this thread is a bit old, but I figured I would post anyway. The Pic appears to be B-10B 34-28 GLM #559 (the B-10's did indeed have the scoop on top of the engines).

The plane was based at Langley Field VA with the 2nd Bomb Group, 96th Bomber Squadron when delivered from Glenn Martin on Feb 1936 until surveyed on June 1937 (Survey Voucher #922) after being wrecked in a ground loop while landing.

If you would like me to do some more digging around just let me know.

Cheers - David