Navigator training WWII style

[Ztex]

So...what kind of airplane is this?

[daveymac82c]

I'm going with "Submarine"

Actually, I have no clue.

-David

[Taylor Stevenson]

After seeing how big Mr. Downings Skyraider is, I wouldn't be surprised if the photo was taken inside an AD-5!

[bdk]

So...what kind of airplane is this?

A navigation trainer.

[Chris Brame]

So...what kind of airplane is this?

With the narrow oval shape of the fuselage, maybe Hudson or Loadstar?

[airnutz]

I'm going with "Submarine"
-David

Not a submarine...these guys have some "elbow room" and space for a
cameraman.....

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[Swiss Mustangs]

Beech AT-7 ?

Martin

[Steve Nelson]

I was thinking Beech, but looking at the picture the cabin has too much headroom. Maybe a C-60?

SN

[Jack Cook]

E-2 Hawkeye

[Taigh Ramey]

It isn't an AT-7. I am thinking Lockheed AT-18A Navigation trainer.

[Jack Cook]

Well, anyway here's a graduate in action.

Navigator 91st BG on a mission 1945

[Second Air Force]

Definitely not AT-7:

I cast my vote with Taigh.

Scott

[CWBuff]

I am thinking Lockheed AT-18A Navigation trainer.

This photo appears in 'The Official Pictorial History of the Army Air Forces' and they agree with you...


Fade to Black...

[Ztex]

Cool.

I have been scanning some slides on my new scanner...I have a box of slides that I rescued from the trash in my high school ROTC class.

It says on the box "The Air War in WWII, a pictorial essay"

This navigator photo is one of them. I have no labels on the slides so I'm more clueless than normal...

Thanks

[Taigh Ramey]

Hey Ztex,

How about posting other shots from your WWII pictorial essay.

Thanks,
Taigh