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Greetings all,

I would like to get any good quality images of the Dominican airplanes from the list:

Stinson SM-2B Junior 1 1930 1933 USA
Bird Model E 1 1931 1937 USA
Bellanca DH-300 Pacemaker 2 1932 1942 USA
Vought 02U-3SD Corsair I 3 1933 1937 USA
Saro Cutty Sark 1 1935 1937 UK
Waco Model UPF-7 1 1936 1942 USA
Curtiss CW-19R/A-19R 2 1937 1942 USA
Fleet Model 10P 2 1937 n/a Canada
North American NA-44 1 1938 1951 USA
Ford AT-4/AT-5 Trimotor 2 1941 1949, 1952 USA
Piper AE-1/J-5A Cub 1/4 1943, 4x 1941 1950, 1948 USA
Aeronca L-3B Grasshopper 3 1943 1948 USA
Vultee BT-13A Valiant 25 1943 1954 USA
North American AT-6 Texan 68 1943 1995 USA
Stearman PT-13/PT-17 Kaydet 25 1943 1954 USA

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Mgawa, as a lifelong student of the NA-16 family, I can tell you that there were never any NA-44s in the Dominican Republic. I have seen one photograph which shows an AT-6 type with a three bladed propellor, but nothing else which identifies it as anything but an AT-6.

However, there is some evidence that a US military advisory group went to Chile in 1939 or 1940, taking with them an aircraft identified as a BC-2. Now this aircraft is essentially a BC-1A (predecessor to the AT-6) with a three bladed prop. I would be more than willing to make an educated guess that this is what has been mis-labelled in the DR as an NA-44.

I'm 3000 miles from home, but I will see if I have a copy of the Dominican photo on my HD.

Doug

I'm back. The attached photo was received from Luis Puesan and shows the wrongly named NA-44 in the foreground. If it was indeed a derivative of the NA-44 line, it should have a fairing under the centre section, which covered the fuel lever and oil sump. On reflection, so too should the BC-2, which I suggested earlier, so I will have to retract that suggestion as well.

[img][img]http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq171/macharvard/AT-6TRIPALANA-44.jpg[/img][/img]

...a picture of that BC-1 in Chile, courtesy of LIFE Magazine:
http://www.timelifepictures.com/source/ ... 7571&cdi=0
RGDS