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PT-13 aircraft storage at Hill Field during the mid-1940s
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Grumman Widgeon J4F-2 BuNo 30151 USN Floyd Bennett Field 1943.
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Some detailed shots of the Dornier Do 215 V3 prototype taken June 8th 1939 at Oberpfaffenhofen
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And a couple of detailed shots of a Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter MkIIF.
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Built by Consolidated in San Diego, California during 1937 as as PBY-2 Catalina at a cost of $378,286.00 with spare parts. This Catalina was modified with cockpit reinforcements around the cockpit, shileds for propeller ice.
Purchased by the American Museum of Natural History in New York, NY for use by naturalist Dr. Richard Archbold. Registered in the United States as NC 777.
This aircraft was used by Dr. Richard Archbold and nicknamed "Guba", the second aircraft with this nickname.
On December 3, 1937 this Catalina made a shake down flight to Miami.
On June 2, 1938 departed overseas bound for Netherlands New Guinea to support the third Archbold expedition during 1938-1939. This Catalina operated from Hollandia (Jayapura) and was used to establish camps near the Idenburg River and Lake Habbema to support explorations of the Baliem Valley (Hidden Valley) and Mount Wilhelmina (Mount Trikora) and surrounding areas. Returning, this Catalina made the first around the world flight at the Earth's widest diameter.
In October 1940 sold to the United Kingdom and registered as C-ACBJ. Used to provide transport service in West Africa. Ultimate fate unknown likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared.
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And a wonderful shot of a Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun taken September 8th 1938.
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And a nice air to air of a USN Grumman F4F-3A Wildcat Buno 3927 (5-F-1) probably Long Island New York 1941
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A68-707 P-51D-25-NT 124-44268 44-84412 Received 6 AD ex USA on 21/07/45.
Issued 77 Sqn 13/09/45.
Served in Japan with 77 Sqn till stored 11/48.
Returned to Australia from Japan by ship 3/49.
Allocated 78 Wing (Williamtown) 29/4/49.
On 30/11/50 allocated to School Land/Air Warfare.
On 15/03/51, approval given for conversion to components after removal of the engine.
History Card says intent was to use parts of the airframe as a target.
On 1/4/52 balance issued to DAP for disposal
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Following World War II, Hill AFB stored hundreds of Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft.
The Ogden Air Materiel Area modified the World War II-era Douglas B-26 Invader at Hill AFB for operational use in Korea during the early 1950s.
Hill AFB?s Ogden Air Materiel Area remained responsible for support of the Douglas B-26 Invader for two decades, from the late 1940s to the late 1960s.
In the mid-1960s, B-26s were modified and strengthened into the B-26K Counter Invader variant for operational use in Southeast Asia.
