[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Name This Bomber

[Nick England]

Hey John - are these your photos?
http://www.vpnavy.com/pb4y/vp23pb4y2_01_10dec2003.jpg
http://www.vpnavy.com/pb4y/vp23pb4y2_02_11aug2003.jpg
http://www.vpnavy.com/pb4y/vp56pb4y2_08apr2001.jpg

I'm still voting for VP-23
http://www.vpnavy.com/vp23_aircraft.html

cheers,
Nick, with a little help from The Google :-)


On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's my guess for a 4-engine bomber with Tail Code EH
> www.history.navy.mil/avh-vol2/chap3-5.pdf
> ==================
> Squadron - VP-23
>
> Air Wing Assignments
> Air Wing Tail Code Assignment Date
> FAW-14 EH* 17 May 1946
> FAW-5 EH 21 May 1946
> FAW-11 EH/MA† 1 Jan 1949
>
> Aircraft Assignment
> Type of Aircraft Date Type First Received
> PB4Y-2M May 1946
> PB4Y-2S Nov 1949
> P4Y-2S May 1952
> ==================================
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:29 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was given some old pics of some planes and a ship, but cannot ID the plane.
>>
>> The planes have:
>>
>> Fout props
>> Single tail
>> Ball turret in the nose w/ two guns
>> Ball turret aft of wing
>> Observation dome on top
>> MN-26 loop
>>
>> D67 on fusilage.
>>
>> I also have a pic of a flight of 6 like planes with EH on the vertical
>> stabilizer.
>>
>> This is on the back of one pic:
>>
>> Complement  11 men, 13 on patrol
>> 6 Turrets 500 rounds 50 cal. 1000 rounds in tail
>> 200 mile cruise range
>> 2600 gallons fuel
>>
>> Any IDs?
>>
>> --------------
>>
>> Also, the ship pic:
>>
>> Warship, 2 stacks, very roughly 500' long
>> Two turrets forward, one or two aft 2 guns per turret
>> Has number 776 painted on bow
>> US flag, search RADAR at masthead
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -John
>>
>> ================
>>
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