Piasecki YH-16 helicopter (USAF Photo) Piasecki YH-16 helicopter. The Piasecki H-16 Transporter (company designation PV-15) was a tandem-rotor transport or rescue helicopter designed by Frank Piasecki and built by Piasecki Helicopter. The prototypes were evaluated by the United States Air Force and Army, but the crash of the second test aircraft led to cancelling the project. … Read more
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (USAAF Photo) Republic P-47D Thunderbolt (Serial No. 44-20978) ‘Torrid Tessie‘ of the 346th Fighter Squadron and flown by USAAF 1Lt Homer St. Onge flying over Italy, 25 Feb 1945. The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a Second World War-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was … Read more
North American P-51D Mustang survivors The aim of this webpage is to locate, identify and document Mustangs preserved in the USA. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are as credited. Any errors found here are by the author, and any additions, … Read more
Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet (USAAF Photo) Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet. (USAAF Photo) The Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet was a unique prototype fighter interceptor built by the Northrop Corporation. It was one of the most radical of the experimental aircraft built during World War II. Ultimately, it was unsuccessful and did not enter production. Design and developmentThe initial … Read more
Northrop YB-35 (USAF Photo) Northrop YB-35 (Serial No. 42-38323), c1947. The Northrop YB-35/XB-35, Northrop designation N-9 or NS-9,[2] were experimental heavy bomber aircraft developed by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Army Air Forces during and shortly after the Second World War. The airplane used the radical and potentially very efficient flying wing design, in … Read more
North American NA-73X, XP-51, A-36A, P-51B and P-51C Mustangs The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in the USA. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are as credited. Any errors … Read more
Martin B-26 Marauder (USAAF Photo) Martin B-26B bomber, “A Kay Pro’s Dream“. The Martin B-26 Marauder is an American twin-engined medium bomber that saw extensive service during the Second World War. The B-26 was built at two locations: Baltimore, Maryland, and Omaha, Nebraska, by the Glenn L. Martin Company.First used in the Pacific Theater of World … Read more
Lockheed Constellation (USAF Photo) Lockheed C-121G-LO Constellation (Serial No. 54-4062), former U.S. Navy R7V-1 (BuNo. 131636), named “City of Jackson Hole“, from the 187th Airlift Squadron, 153rd Air Transport Group, Wyoming Air National Guard. The Lockheed Constellation (“Connie”) is a propeller-driven, four-engined airliner built by Lockheed Corporation starting in 1943. The Constellation series was the … Read more
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar (Robert Yarnall Ritchie Photo) Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar over Houston, c1947. The Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar is a passenger transport aircraft of the Second World World War era, developed as part of the Model 10 Electra family; developed from the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra. When the United States started to … Read more
Lockheed P-38 Lightning The aim of this website is to locate, identify and document Warplanes from the Second World War preserved in the USA. Many contributors have assisted in the hunt for these aircraft to provide and update the data on this website. Photos are as credited. Any errors found here are by the author, … Read more
