On August 1, 1907, the Aeronautical Division of the United States Army Signal Corps was established, and the United States Army purchased its first heavier-than-air aircraft, a Wright Model A, in 1908. It was allocated the serial number 1. Further Army aircraft were assigned serial numbers i...
The second series of Coast Guard aircraft (1934-1936) were given three-digit numbers assigned in groups, with the first digit indicating the type of aircraft. Those serials beginning with a 1 were amphibians, those beginning with 2 were flying boats, those beginning with 3 were land-based air...
The "C" Planes: US Cargo Aircraft 1925-to the Present, Bill Holder and Scott Vadnais, Schiffer Military/Aviation History, Atglen, PA, 1996. BuNos! Disposition of World War II USN, USMC and UCCG Aircraft Listed by Bureau Numbers, Douglas E. Campbell, Syneca Research Group, Inc. Final Cut...
The article compares the military airplane maintenance carried out by the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the Luftwaffe, Germany’s former air force, during World War II. Emphasis is given to the Luftwaffe’s focus...
With the march towards open combat in the Pacific, the forces on Guam, under Navy Capt. George Johnson McMillin (USNA 1911) as military governor, was sparse. In the summer of 1940, two .50 caliber water-cooled machine guns were fitted to each AM (Penguinincluded) and DM in the Pacific...