National Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton, Ohio

Aircraft types A - D

Aircraft	Reg'n	Notes
Aero Commander U-4B	55-4647	Aero Commander 680 - presidential transport used by Eisenhower in the late '50s.
Aeronca L-3B Grasshopper	42-36200	Ex N48407
American Helicopter XA-8 (XH-26) Jet Jeep	50-1841	1950's pulse-tip-jet portable chopper for the Army. Worked well, but far too noisy. AH became a division of Fairchild.
Avro 504K replica	'1620 D.9029'	Canadian composite consisting entirely of original parts.
Avro Canada CF-100 Mk4A Canuck	18241 UC-241	Canadian AF. 692 were built, including 137 Mk4As. Operated from 1953 to 1981.
Avro Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar	58-7055 AV-7055	Supersonic fighter/bomber project taken over by the USAF and US Navy, but suffered severe control problems. 1st prototype.
Beech AT-10 Wichita	41-27193	Mainly wooden trainer: over 2,300 built by Beech and Globe Aircraft 1941-44.
Beech AT-11 Kansan	42-37493	Ex N64044, N341X.
Beech QU-22B Pave Eagle	69-7699	Bonanza modified as a stealth recce drone for the Vietnam war, but carried a pilot for operations. The bulge above the nose housed a gererator.
Beech T-34A Mentor	53-3310 TD-310	Ex N6458C.
Beech UC-43 Traveler	'9319'	Basically standard Model 17. Ex GB-2 Bu23733, 44-76068, N67198.
Beech VC-6A	66-7943	King Air B90 used by president Lyndon Johnson.
Bell P-39Q Airacobra	44-3887 as P-39D '41-7073 31'
Bell P-59B Airacomet	44-22650 PJ-650	The US's first twin-jet fighter.
Bell P-63E Kingcobra	43-11728 as RP-63A '42-69654 IL76'	RP-63s were 'pinball' aircraft - manned gunnery targets with armour plating against special frangible bullets. This lacks the armour.
Bell UH-1P Iroquois	64-15476 as UH-1F '64-15492 492'	Markings of a Vietnam veteran whose pilot was awarded the Medal of Honour for bravery.
Bell UH-13J Sioux	57-2728	The USAF used 2 Bell 47J Rangers as the 1st presidential choppers, used by Eisenhower.
Bell X-1B	48-1385	Max speed 1,650mph, last flight January 1958 flown by Neil Armstrong.
Bell X-5	50-1838	The first high-performance aeroplane to vary wing sweep in flight. Very successful, its last flight was piloted by Neil Armstrong in 1955.
Bell XGAM-63 Rascal	4A01	Stand-off supersonic air to surface nuclear weapon, cancelled in 1958 in favour of the Hound Dog.
Bell XV-3 (XH-33)	54-0148	The world's first VSTOL tilt-rotor aircraft. 1st transition was in December 1958.
Bensen X-25A Gyrocopter	68-10770	A modified B-8, this successfully tested the concept of aircrew flying a discretionary descent vehicle rather than parachute from their aircraft.
Bleriot (Hall) Monoplane		Built by Ernest C Hall of Warren, Ohio from plans in 1911.
Boeing P-12E	B-20	Operated in Hawaii in the 1930s, retired in 1940.
Boeing P-26A Peashooter replica	'40'	Represents a commander's aircraft at Wheeler Field, Hawaii in 1938.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress	42-32076 LL-E	Shoo Shoo Shoo Baby. Ex SE-BAP, OY-DFA, Danish AF 67-672, F-BGSH.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress	44-27297	Bockscar - dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki on the 9th August 1945.
Boeing B-29A Superfortress	44-62139	Walk-through exhibit marked as Command Decision
Boeing RB-47H Stratojet	53-4299	One of 32 blunt-nosed ELINT Stratojets built, replaced by the RC-135 in the mid 1960s.
Boeing WB-50D Superfortress	49-0310	Used for weather research and air sampling, including for atomic particles from Soviet nuclear tests. The last US piston-engined bomber.
Boeing B-52D Stratofortress	56-0665	Flew in to the museum in November 1978.
Boeing KC-97L Stratofreighter	52-2630	Ohio Air Guard. Operated for 10 years in Germany, was flown to the museum in 1976.
Boeing EC-135E ARIA	60-374	'Bird of Prey' Apollo/Range Instrumentation Aircraft for spacecraft tracking, with a 7-foot steerable antenna in the droop snoot or 'Snoopy nose'.
Boeing VC-137C	62-6000	Boeing 707-320B Air Force One used by presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George HW Bush and Clinton.
Boeing X-40A SMV		Space Maneuver Vehicle programme flight test vehicle for what became the X-37B space plane.
Boeing X-45A J-UCAS		Joint-Uninhabited Combat Aircraft System - autonomous ground attack demonstrator.
Boeing YQM-94A Compass Cope B		Remotely-piloted high-altitude recce aircraft - 2nd prototype.
Boeing YF-118G Bird of Prey		1996-99 stealth technology demonstrator - single-seater with no control computers involved.
Bristol Beaufighter 1C	T5049	Fairey-built for the Australian AF as A19-43. Marked as USAAF Night Mare
Caproni Ca36	11504	Italian AF - served from 1918 to 1929.
Caquot Type R Observation Balloon		French WW1 design produced in the US and UK, also made in the UK during WW2.
Cessna LC-126A (U-20A) floatplane	49-1949 AR-949	Militarised Cessna 195, 15 of these were used by the USAF in 1949.
Cessna O-1G Bird Dog	51-11917	Forward Air Controller version of the Cessna 305D. Over 3,400 O-1s were built.
Cessna O-2A Skymaster	67-21331	Forward Air Controller version of the Cessna 337 Super Skymaster. 532 built.
Cessna T-37B Tweet	57-2289 OK	The T-37 first flew in 1954. 1,269 were built, they retired from the USAF in 2009.
Cessna U-3A (L-27A) Blue Canoe	58-2124	Military version of the Cessna 310. 195 delivered.
Cessna YA-37A Dragonfly	62-5951	This was originally a YAT-37D prototype, modified for A-37 development.
Chance-Vought LTV XC-142A	NASA552	Experimental tilt-wing VTOL transport. Sole survivor of five built.
Chanute 1904 Glider replica
Consolidated PT-1 Trusty	AS26-233	US Army. A trainer that was too easy to fly - not good preparation for faster planes.
Consolidated B-24D Liberator	42-72843 24	Strawberry Bitch: WW2 North Africa veteran.
Consolidated OA-10A Catalina	'44-33879'	A PBY-5A, ex Brazilian AF 6551, PT-AXM, N4583B, painted as an OA-10A "Snafu Snatchers".
Control Tower		Replica of 8th Air Force control towers built in the UK in 1942.
Convair XB-36 wheel		This huge single mainwheel was soon replaced by 4-wheel units to avoid cracking runways.
Convair B-36J Peacemaker	52-2220	This made the last ever B-36 flight - from Davis-Monthan to here on 30th April 1959.
Convair B-58A Hustler	59-2458	Bendix Trophy winner for LA to NY return flight speed record in 1962.
Convair XF-92A	46-0682	World's first delta-wing jet aircraft, pioneered by Alexander Lippisch - led to the F-102.
Convair F-102A Delta Dagger	56-1416	Mach 1 interceptor. This served in Iceland and flew to the museum in 1971.
Convair F-106A Delta Dart	58-0787	Mach 2 interceptor originally designated F-102B. Came to the museum in 1986.
Convair NC-131H Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS)	N793VS	Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory (Calspan) converted this testbed, used in projects including the Space Shuttle, YF-23, C-17, and B-2.
Culver PQ-14B	44-68462	Optionally-piloted aerial target based on the LFA Cadet. Ex N5389N
Curtiss 1911 Model D Type IV replica		Built by the museum in 1987. Pretty accurate, apart from a wood and plastic engine.
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny	2805	Over 6,000 built 1917-18.
Curtiss P-6E Hawk	40	Sole survivor of 46 built.
Curtiss 75 P-36A Hawk	38-0001 15P48 86	This is the 1st P-36A for the Air Corps, marked as one which was at Pearl Harbour.
Curtiss O-52 Owl	40-2763 11907	1940 observation plane restricted to domestic uses because of lack of performance.
Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk	42-65406 '104'	Ordered by the RAF as AK987, then Canadian AF 1068, N1237N, N5673N. Now marked as Warhawk 104.
Curtiss C-46D Commando	44-78018	Retired from service in 1968 and flown to the museum in 1972.
Curtiss-Wright CW-25 (AT-9) Fledgling 'Jeep'	41-12150 909	Advanced trainer, designed to be hard to fly, so not offered for sale after WW2. 791 built.
De Havilland DH4B replica	66338 8	Marked as a photo version used in the early 1920s to map the Mexican border.
De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth	N39DH	Ex RAF DE744, G-ANCN, OO-NCN, and an EAA AirVenture award winner.
De Havilland DH98 Mosquito B35	RS709 as MkXVI NS519 P	Ex G-ASKA, N9797, G-MOSI. Owners included the Conferderate AF and Doug Arnold, and it's featured in several films.
De Havilland Canada DHC-2 U-6A (L-20) Beaver	51-16501	Ex N9239. Over 1,000 were used by the US military.
De Havilland Canada DHC-4 C-7A Caribou	62-4193 as 62-4150 KC	Originally operated by the US Army as a CV-2B.
Douglas A-1E Skyraider	52-132649 2	Ex Bu132649. This was severely damaged in Vietnam, but restored by the museum.
Douglas A-20G Havoc	43-22200 as 43-21475	'Little Joe' Ex N63004.
Douglas A-24B Banshee	42-54582 as 41-15786	Air Force version of the SBD-5 Dauntless: no tail hook. Ex N4488N, N17421.
Douglas O-38F	33-0324	Crashed in Alaska in 1941. This last surviving example was recovered in 1968, and was restored by the museum.
Douglas B-18A Bolo	37-0469 R33	Bomber based on the DC-2. Ex N56847.
Douglas B-26C (A-26C) Invader	44-35733 BC-733	'Dream Girl'
Douglas (On Mark) B-26K (A-26) Counter Invader	64-17676	A-26B converted by On Mark Engineering to a Counter Invader for Southeast Asia ops. Ex 41-39596, N29939, N268G, C-GXTF.
Douglas RB-66B Destroyer	53-0475 JN	One of 149 built. Flew to the museum in 1970.
Douglas C-47D Skytrain (DC-3)	43-49507 as '43-15213 L4-W'	The last Skytrain in regular USAF use, flew to the museum in 1975.
Douglas VC-54C	42-107451 as '42-72252'	Presidential aircraft, 'Sacred Cow' used the '52 registration for security in Roosevelt's trip to the 1947 Yalta conference.
Douglas VC-118 Liftmaster	46-505	'Independence' Used by President Truman from 1947 to 1953, and retired to the museum in 1965.
Douglas C-124C Globemaster II	52-1066 as '51-0135'	One of the last two C-124s retired in 1974, and was flown to the museum in 1975.
Douglas C-133A Cargomaster	56-2008	A real shame that his is almost completely concealed by other aircraft - these are the only possible angles.
Douglas X-3 Stiletto	49-2892	Designed for Mach 2, but frustrated by low engine power, it was less use than hoped. Flew 1952-56.