Warplanes of the USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Consolidated aircraft

Warplane Survivors USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Consolidated

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Consolidated PT-1 Trusty (Serial No. 26-233).  The PT-1 featured a welded fuselage framework of chrome-molybdenum steel tubing.  A departure from the all-wood structures found in other trainers, the structure proved so sturdy and dependable that the PT-1 earned the nickname "Trusty".  Easy to fly, the Trusty made some students overconfident, and they received a shock when they advanced to faster airplanes with more difficult handling characteristics.  The museum obtained the airplane on display from The Ohio State University in 1957.

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(Clemens Vasters Photo)

Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina (Serial No. 44-6595), (BuNo. 46595), painted as OV-10 (Serial No. 44-33879), C/N 1959.  The Brazilian Air Force was one of several Allied nations that received Catalinas during the Second World War.  It operated this Catalina in a variety of roles in the Amazon Basin until 1981.  It was flown to the museum in 1984, and was restored and painted as an OA-10A assigned to the 2nd Emergency Rescue Squadron in the Pacific Theater during the Second World War.

(NMUSAF Photos)

Consolidated B-24D Liberator (Serial No. 42-72843), 24, C/N 2413, "Strawberry Bitch".  The B-24D on display in the NMUSAF flew combat missions from North Africa in 1943-1944 with the 512th Bomb Squadron.  It was flown to the museum in May 1959.  It is the same type airplane as the "Lady Be Good", the world-famous B-24D that disappeared on a mission from North Africa in April 1943 and was found in the Libyan Desert in May 1959.

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