Brownwood AAFld
Wed May 06, 2009 2:58 pm
OK, the mystery has been solved. But, I have one final question for you.
Were the aircraft there assigned a fuselage training code of "M" ??
Were the aircraft there assigned a fuselage training code of "M" ??
Re: Brownwood AAFld
Wed May 06, 2009 3:14 pm
jdvoss wrote:OK, the mystery has been solved. But, I have one final question for you.
Were the aircraft there assigned a fuselage training code of "M" ??
I don't know for sure. Some of the L-5s (from two different collections) carry codes such as 5MB, 3MO, 6M_, and 4ME as shown below. Other L-5s do not carry any codes.
Our ALS picnic guest, Mr. Everill is on the bottom left of the photo.
Mr. Everill shared the P-40 pictures with me and he seemed to think that it was odd that the P-40 was there, but it apparently was (I don't know for how long). He's in the top left in the photo below.
Also, if anyone ever spots another photo of this plane in the CBI, I would be VERY interested. This and one other L-1 picture also came from Mr. Everill.
Shame that the serial was edited out.
Ryan
Wed May 06, 2009 5:43 pm
What in the he11 do they need those runways for if it was an L-bird training field? Did they fly the recruits in on B-36s?
Wed May 06, 2009 6:45 pm
So the whole P-40 was the "Red Herring". I was looking at shoulder
patches, hats, uniforms and that "chain" or whatever it was the airman at the lower left was stretching. The triangulation idea, the lake and along with Google earth sent me to Brownwood.
Thanks,
Tom
patches, hats, uniforms and that "chain" or whatever it was the airman at the lower left was stretching. The triangulation idea, the lake and along with Google earth sent me to Brownwood.
Thanks,
Tom
Wed May 06, 2009 7:41 pm
Tom Crawford wrote:So the whole P-40 was the "Red Herring". I was looking at shoulder
patches, hats, uniforms and that "chain" or whatever it was the airman at the lower left was stretching. The triangulation idea, the lake and along with Google earth sent me to Brownwood.
Thanks,
Tom
I was hoping folks would notice the distinctive L-5 undercarriages visible underneath the P-40s - and if you visited the Lbird forum you might have found some further clues...
Ryan
Wed May 06, 2009 8:43 pm
Obergrafeter wrote:What in the he11 do they need those runways for if it was an L-bird training field? Did they fly the recruits in on B-36s?
Brownwood trained a couple of squadrons of B-17 and B-24 crews early in its life (1942). I'd have to do some digging, but it was probably a satellite field of a larger Base at that time, and the Liason training was moved there due to the field being underutilized.
Scott
Wed May 06, 2009 9:22 pm
Long runway? No it was a rather short runway, just real real wide so the entire training class could land abreast at the same time! 
Thu May 07, 2009 8:43 pm
Brownwood served as a "sub-base" or satellite field for Barksdale for a period of time prior to, and during, the time the Liason training school was in operation, under Third Air Force command.
Scott
Scott
Thu May 07, 2009 9:36 pm
RyanShort1 wrote:I was hoping folks would notice the distinctive L-5 undercarriages visible underneath the P-40s - and if you visited the Lbird forum you might have found some further clues.
Ummm...the request for photos larger than those postage stamps you had supplied would have aided the effort.
Ahh..I missed the clue to go to the Lbird forum for more clues...