Warplanes of the USA: Maine, Historic Photos
Maine Warplanes
(USGOV-PD Photo)
Republic F-47N-25-RE Thunderbolt, 37th Fighter Squadron, Dow AFB, Maine, 1948.
(USAF Photo)
North American F-51H-5-NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-64368), 132nd Fighter Squadron, Maine Air National Guard, c1948.
(USN Photo)
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm aircraft in Hangar 3 at Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, in 1944. British pilots were trained at NAS Brunswick from 1943 to 1945. Visible are Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers and Vought F4U-1 Corsair fighters.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
Lockheed F-80C-1-LO Shooting_Star (Serial No. 48-0891), 132nd Fighter Squadron, Maine ANG.
(USAF Photo)
Republic F-84G Thunderjets, Dow AFB, Maine, 1948.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
North American F-86A-5-NA Sabre (Serial No. 49-1122), 23rd Fighter-Interceptor Wing, (marked as Wing Commander's aircraft), Presque Isle AFB, Maine, 1952.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
McDonnell F-101B-105-MC Voodoo (Serial No. 58-0293), 132nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Maine Air National Guard, 1973.
(Alan Wilson Photos)
McDonnell F-101B Voodoo (Serial No. 58-0288), c/n 660, 101st Air Defence Wing, part of the Maine ANG and based at Bangor ANG base from 1969 to 1976. This aircraft is now on display as part of the AFFTC Museum, Edwards AFB, California.
(John Collier, Office of War Information Photo)
Fairchild 24W-41A, Civil Air Patrol, Coastal Patrol Base #20, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1 June 1943.
(John Collier, Office of War Information Photo)
Fairchild 24W-41A, undergoing maintenance, Civil Air Patrol, Coastal Patrol Base #20, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1 June 1943.
(John Collier, Office of War Information Photos)
Stinson 105 aircraft, Civil Air Patrol, Coastal Patrol Base #20, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1 June 1943.
(John Collier, Office of War Information Photo)
Stinson Reliant SR-5A undergoing flight check, Civil Air Patrol, Coastal Patrol Base #20, Bar Harbor, Maine, 1 June 1943.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker (Serial No. 63-8872), 132nd Air Refueling Squadron, Maine Air National Guard, 1999.
(Konstantin Von Wedelstaedt Photo)
Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker (Serial No. 69-1488), 132nd Air Refueling Squadron, Maine Air National Guard, 19 Nov 2009.
(Steve Fitzgerald Photo)
Lockheed P-3C Orion (BuNo. 161139), assigned to (VP-10), "The Red Lancers", home-based in Brunswick, Maine, 27 June 1981.
(USN Photo)
An AGM-12B Bullpup missile is fired from a U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3B Orion aircraft of Patrol Squadron 23 (VP-23) while in flight over Maine, November 1971.
(PH1 Uhde, USN Photo)
Lockheed P-3C Orion anti-submarine aircraft of Patrol Squadron 11 (VP-11) taxis into position for take-off during a New England snow storm at Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, in 1991.
(USN Photo)
Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft (BuNo 163293) assigned to patrol squadron VP-8 Tigers, based at Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine, is marshaled into position after arriving at U-Tapao, Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB), Thailand on 29 December 2004.
(Photographer's Mate Airman Shannon R. Smith, USN Photo)
Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft assigned to the "Tigers" of Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8), home-based in Brunswick, Maine, 17 Feb 2005.
(Photographer's Mate Airman Shannon R. Smith, USN Photo)
Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft assigned to the "Tigers" of Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8), home-based in Brunswick, Maine, flying along the Italian coast, 22 Oct 2009.
This aviation handbook is designed to be used as a quick reference to the classic military heritage aircraft that have been restored and preserved in the Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut. The aircraft include those flown by members of the US Air Force, the US Navy, the US Army, the US Marine Corps, the US Coast Guard, the Air and Army National Guard units in each state, and by various NATO and allied nations as well as a number of aircraft previously operated by opposition forces in peace and war. The interested reader will find useful information and a few technical details on most of the military aircraft that have been in service with active flying squadrons both at home and overseas.
120 selected photographs have been included to illustrate a few of the major examples in addition to the serial numbers assigned to American military aircraft. For those who would like to actually see the aircraft concerned, aviation museum locations, addresses and contact phone numbers, websites and email addresses have been included, along with a list of aircraft held in each museum's current inventory or that on display as gate guardians throughout the New England States. The aircraft presented in this edition are listed alphabetically by manufacturer, number and type.
Although many of New England's heritage warplanes have completely disappeared, a few have been carefully collected, restored and preserved, and some have even been restored to flying condition. This guide-book should help you to find and view New England's Warplane survivors.
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