USAF Museum Dauntless
Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:11 pm
I photographed a Dauntless at the USAF Museum in Ohio in 1996. Here is one from the USAF Museum website...
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/early_years/ey15b.jpg
Does anyone have serial number for this one?
Mike
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/early_years/ey15b.jpg
Does anyone have serial number for this one?
Mike
Last edited by mrhenniger on Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:32 pm
Oh boy, here he goes again!
Re: USAF Museum Dauntless
Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:11 pm
mrhenniger wrote:I photographed a Dauntless at the USAF Museum in Ohio in 1996. Here is one from the USAF Museum website...
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/early_years/ey15b.jpg
Does anyone have serial number for this one?
Mike
Tue Sep 14, 2004 8:14 pm
Ollie wrote:Oh boy, here he goes again!
What? What!?!?
Tue Sep 14, 2004 10:13 pm
mrhenniger wrote:What? What!?!?
Good question. Maybe he is one of those people that just have random collections of photos rather than actually knowing what aircraft are featured.
Re: Here You Go Mike
Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:28 am
Col. Rohr wrote:Sorry for the wait had to find my SBD files.
I posted my question before leving work, and the answer was there when I returned. Not bad Rob! That is fast. Thanks!
Mike
Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:16 am
Sorry Mike, I was just making fun of you over your serial number collection!
Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:26 am
Ollie wrote:Sorry Mike, I was just making fun of you over your serial number collection!
That's OK. I just didn't get it.
Mike
Wed Sep 15, 2004 1:47 pm
Hi Mike--
When I was at Dayton in June there were two Dauntlesses there. The one in your pic looks like the one that was in the museum proper. Did you record the tail number on it? The green one in 2004 was serialed "115786" (which would be 41-15786); also at Dayton this year was a blue USN Dauntless, tarped in clear plastic in one of the restoration hangars, which seems to be the one now at Chicago Midway Airport.
S.
When I was at Dayton in June there were two Dauntlesses there. The one in your pic looks like the one that was in the museum proper. Did you record the tail number on it? The green one in 2004 was serialed "115786" (which would be 41-15786); also at Dayton this year was a blue USN Dauntless, tarped in clear plastic in one of the restoration hangars, which seems to be the one now at Chicago Midway Airport.
S.
Wed Sep 15, 2004 2:41 pm
Steve T wrote:The green one in 2004 was serialed "115786" (which would be 41-15786)
Aaahhh HA! Another victim of the "Representive Markings Scheme"! It is marked as "41-15786" but is in fact 10575 as Rob indicates. After Rob's post I used WD4 to confirm this. I don't know the significance of the USAAF s/n yet.
BTW... I was not in the habit of noting markings at the time. Oh well.
Mike
Thu Sep 16, 2004 10:24 am
Hi Mike--
So, it's been the same green A-24/SBD in the museum the whole time. Hmm. How'd the blue one end up in the restoration hangar then, and why? My understanding in June had been that the blue one had been on show before the green one (which still didn't have outer wings installed), but was now being shipped out to a Navy display (Midway Airport, as it turns out).
S.
So, it's been the same green A-24/SBD in the museum the whole time. Hmm. How'd the blue one end up in the restoration hangar then, and why? My understanding in June had been that the blue one had been on show before the green one (which still didn't have outer wings installed), but was now being shipped out to a Navy display (Midway Airport, as it turns out).
S.
Re: USAF Museum Dauntless
Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:25 am
Bump due to the recent Kalamazoo Dauntless discussion. There does not seem to be a thread, beyond a couple mentions, regarding the Dauntless now hanging in the Terminal at Chicago's Midway Airport.
Some nice photos here: http://www.skytamer.com/6.1/IL/Chicago,Midway.html
Some nice photos here: http://www.skytamer.com/6.1/IL/Chicago,Midway.html