Warplanes of the USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Loening, LTV A-7D Corsair II, LTV XC-142A, Nieuport 27, Nieuport 28C-1, Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman

(Library of Congress Photo)

Loening OL/OA-1A amphibian, USN, 1923.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3580124)

Loening amphibian, Reg. No. G-CA..., 18 Aug 1928.

(NMUSAF Photo)

Loening OA-1A (Serial No. 26-431).

LTV A-7C Corsair II (Serial No.)

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 69-6192).

(NMUSAF Photos)

(Clemens Vasters Photo)

LTV A-7D Corsair II (Serial No. 70-0970), MB, C/N D-116.  The A-7D on display in the NMUSAF was flown on 18 Nov 1972, by Maj Colin A. Clarke on a nine-hour rescue support mission in Southeast Asia for which he received the Air Force Cross, the USAF's second highest award for valor in combat.  It was delivered to the museum on 31 Jan 1992.

(Clemens Vasters Photos)

LTV XC-142A (Serial No. 65-5924).

Mk. 41 Nuclear Bomb.

(Valder137 Photos)

Nieuport 27 replica, Reg. No. NX27XZ.

Nieuport 28C-1, replica (Serial No. 1), Reg. No. N6301.  Constructed from original parts, 95th Aero Squadron.  This reproduction was rebuilt by museum personnel.  It contains wood and hardware from an original Nieuport 28.  The aircraft is painted and marked to represent a Nieuport of the 95th Aero Squadron, Third Flight, as it appeared in July 1918.  It was placed on display in May 1994.

(NMUSAF Photos)

Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman (Serial No. 44-70296), painted as (Serial No. 44-70534), C/N 561.  The Norseman on display in the NMUSAF was acquired by the museum in March 1981. It is marked as a Norseman based in Alaska late in the Second World War.

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