Warplanes of the USA: Rhode Island, Historic Photos
Rhode Island Warplanes
(USN Photo)
Martin PBM-3S Mariner (BuNo. 6729) of Patrol Bombing Squadron 206 (VPB-206) operating from Quonset Point, Rhode Island, ca 1944.
(RN Photo, IWM A21398)
A Royal Navy Vought Corsair Mk.II from 1833 Naval Air Squadron in flight during a training mission near Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island, in 1943.
(USGOV-PD Photo)
North American F-51D-25NA Mustang (Serial No. 44-72750), 152d Fighter Squadron, Rhode Island Air National Guard, 1954.
(USN Photo)
Martin AM-1 Mauler of attack squadron VA-174 taking off from the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge (CV-33) during carrier qualifications in 1949. The tests took place in the Atlantic Ocean off Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
(Bill Larkins Photo)
Douglas C-46D Commando (Serial No. 44-77687), Rhode Island Air National Guard, 1957.
(Gerard van der Schaaf Photo)
Lockheed C-130J Hercules (Serial No. 99-1431), 143rd Airlift Squadron, Rhode Island Air National Guard.
(Oren Rozen Photo)
Lockheed C-130J Hercules (Serial No. 99-1431), 143rd Airlift Squadron, Rhode Island Air National Guard, 2016.
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 fl own 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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