USAAF

Warplanes of the USA: Lockheed C-69 Constellation and Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star, WV-1, (PO-1W), WV-2, WV-3, USAAF, USAF, US Navy

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

Warplanes of the USA: Lockheed Lodestar, USAAF, US Navy, USMC

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

Warplanes of the USA: Hughes XF-11, USAAF

Hughes XF-11 (USAAF Photo) Hughes XF-11 (Serial No. 44-70156). The Hughes XF-11 (redesignated XR-11 in 1948) was a prototype military reconnaissance aircraft designed and flown by Howard Hughes and built by Hughes Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Although 100 F-11s were ordered in 1943, the program was delayed beyond the end … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: General Airborne Transport XCG-16 Transport Glider, USAAF

General Airborne Transport XCG-16 Transport Glider (USAAF Photo) High right side aerial view of General Airborne XCG-16 glider, Reg. No. NX21757, over Oxnard, California, 1944, Pilot Major R.R. Shoop, Co-Pilot Mr. Howard Morrison. The XCG-16 was a military transport/assault glider ordered by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF), from General Airborne Transport Co., for competition … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: Douglas B-18 Bolo, USAAC. USAAF

Douglas B-18 Bolo (USAAC Photo) Douglas B-18 of the 88th Reconnaissance Squadron. The Douglas B-18 Bolo is an American heavy bomber which served with the United States Army Air Corps and the Royal Canadian Air Force (as the Digby) during the late 1930s and early 1940s. The Bolo was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company from … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: Douglas B-23 Dragon, USAAC, USAAF

Douglas B-23 Dragon (NMUSAF Photo) Douglas B-23 Dragon in USAAC markings during the early 1940s. The Douglas B-23 Dragon is an American twin-engined bomber developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a successor to (and a refinement of) the B-18 Bolo. Douglas proposed a number of modifications designed to improve the performance of the B-18. Initially … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: Douglas C-47 Skytrain, USAAF, and R4D, USN

Douglas C-47 Dakota and Skytrain (USAAF Photo) Two USAAF C-47A Skytrains (based on the Douglas DC-3) from the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron, loaded with paratroopers on their way for the invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon). The aircraft in the back is a Douglas C-47A-65-DL (Serial No. 42-100550), the other is a C-47A-90-DL (Serial No. 43-15661). … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: Douglas A-20 Havoc, USAAF

Douglas Havoc (USAAF Photo) Douglas A-20 Havoc bombers over France, c1943-1944. The Douglas A-20 Havoc (company designation DB-7) is an American light bomber, attack aircraft, night intruder, night fighter, and reconnaissance aircraft of World War II.Designed to meet an Army Air Corps requirement for a bomber, it was ordered by France for their air force before … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: Douglas SBD Dauntless, US Navy, and Douglas A-24 Banshee, USAAF

Douglas SBD Dauntless and A-24 Banshee 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 … Read more

Warplanes of the USA: Convair XB-46, USAAF

Convair XB-46 (USAF Photo) The Convair XB-46 was a single example of an experimental medium jet bomber which was developed in the mid-1940s but which never saw production or active duty. It competed with similar designs, the North American XB-45 and Martin XB-48, all of which saw little use after the successful development of the … Read more