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"These shots are closeups of Aberdeen Proving Ground from a 1957 aerial survey, in which you can see close to 250 surplus Boeing B29 Superfortress's as well as a smattering of smaller planes".
Source: Paul Faatz posting from a 1957 aerial survey.

Is that an XB-48 in the final shot?

Sure looks like it.

Awesome shots Mark: thanks as ever. Let's hope some ground-based shots turn up too

Sorry about the poor quality of these shots. They were scanned from 4x5 prints. This was circa 1981 from a Twin Beech departing Aberdeen.

Express Airways 110 by tanker622001, on Flickr

Express Airways 108 by tanker622001, on Flickr

Express Airways 109 by tanker622001, on Flickr

Sad to see the C-124s there.
A big part of my childhood.
I have some slides of them at DM in 1976...

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John, one of those C-124s ended up at the Travis AFB Museum.

https://www.travisafbaviationmuseum.org/c-124c

There are some good videos concerning the overhaul and delivery flight on the linked page above

IMG_0154 by tanker622001, on Flickr

So many B-29s...

Were all of them there to be used as targets?

N.E.A.M.'s B-29 came from there..

Phil

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I see four B-24s and numerous B-25s also. Shame they didn't make it.

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Chicks Dig Warbirds.......right?

And the practice of using retired types seems to continue...fairly recently.
Several USCG HH-52s were sent there after retirement.
I'm sure more recent types as well.

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From Leon Cleaver (Woodsy Airfield); storage area near Aberdeen from February 15, 1978:

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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)

Excellent if rather sad thread... assume those are three B-47s in the first pic as well. One of the B-29s nearby appears to have tip tanks, assume that's some kind of anomaly or something on the ground...

In the final photo...I believe the blue H-21s were VIP machines based at Andrews...(possibly to evacuate leadership in war), there was a similar machine at one of the salvage yards outside AMARC, (across from Pima) for years.

Also, A lot of Navy HUPs, a few H-19s.
And also in the last photo, what looks to be a 1963-64 Rambler Classic 550/660 station wagon. If it is former military, I have never seen a Rambler staff car of that period...

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Certainly B-47s, and that B-29 probably does have wingtip appendages (possibly the Tip-Tow aircraft?). I also see B-24s, B-45s, folded-wing Navy types, at least one F-89, F-86/F-84F and lots of other stuff which just makes you long for a time machine and a modern digital camera.

One of the three XP-86s was sent to Aberdeen and it's long been a wish that one day they'll have a major clearance and 'find' it.

Incidentally large parts of this area seem to now be in deep undergrowth/trees (compare with Google Maps), so I do wonder what might be left in those locations.