Warbird Information Exchange

Hey everybody,
My nephew just gave me some old airshow photos from the '80's. They were taken at Easterwood Airport, College Station, TX. before it was remodeled. Brad and I went to the CAF show there in'88 so scratch that year. Brad said Jim M. said Jim B. said they were older than that.
Since y'all have been great about helping me identify old stuff before, here goes.
One that stands out that narrows it down is the presence of Dago Red super stang. According to WD, it flew from '82-'89 before being hangared for a decade or so. That narrows the time frame down to a seven year span but deduct 1988-I have pix of that show. That was the one where I asked for help indentifying the TF-660 Mustang.
There are number of area warbirds shown I recognize and cross paths with like Kate green 356, the P-63Q, PT-19 #39. Lone Star's B-25, Special Delivery is present with really shiny paint. Trae, do you know when LS acquired N333RW or when it was painted like a PBJ?
White Lightning was present, along with Diamond Lil and the CAF A-20. Sorry to bring up an unhappy topic, but what year was that one lost?

aircraft I need help with....two B-25's a Corsair and a DC-3.
The Corsair is in one fuzzy overhead shot. The only markings I can make out is big tail letters 'RF'. solid Navy blue all over
One B-25 is a natural metal J model with D-Day stripes. The nose art is "Big Ol' Brew" with a hot babe sitting in an oil barrel size beer mug. I have a photo of this one in a book but can't make out any markings there either.
The other B-25 looks like a late model but has no dorsal turret. This has red and white striped rudders with 'BA' and a squadron emblem of an orange comet arcing into a blue circle with white stars.( I have a book that shows that emblem on a SPAD S XIII in 1918. 22nd Aero Sqn.) The nat'l insignia has the meatball in the star. There is also a big '43' on the outboard sides of the cowlings. You can barely see the nose art in one photo with a magnifying glass. It looks like maybe "Silver Lady" but the first word is not clear.
A DC-3 is in Nationalist Chinese civil colors and markings!? White with a blue nose, blue cowlings and blue and white striped rudder. Nationalist star insignia, some Chinese characters above the windows and a big blue dragon breathing red flames nose art with the name "Draggin Lady".

Can anyone help me with these aircraft? Maybe some are flying with different colors now?

Thanks
Doug Ratchford

The DC-3 is the Dragon Lady, formerly of the West Houston Sqdn.

The B-25 with BA on the tail is Silver Lady. The BA stands for Bill Arnot, the owner at the time, and was based at Breckenridge, TX

The TF-51, TF-660 was owned by Lone Star and sold before they moved to Galveston from Houston. The B-25, Special Delivery was one of Bobs first warbirds, and he bought it sometime around '84, '85 time frame.

The Kate belongs to the CAF and is based in San Marcos, TX. The P-63 is also owned by the CAF, and it was based at West Houston also.

The PT-19 was privately owned by a gentleman in Nacodoches, TX.

DZ, former owner T-6G, Snoopy (Conroe), former LSFM mechanic.

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Thanks, Skymstr02
I've got these tentatively placed between '84 and '87. Can any of you CAF guys tell me how many years that airshow was flown? I know the Aggie Wing isn't around any more, or at least they keep a real low profile.

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