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19th February 2016, 21:34
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Identify airfields and a/c
Can anyone identify the airfields and the amphibian a/c depicted on 3rd shot ? ( The shot of B-24's yard it's not Foggia complex)
Last edited by researcher111; 23rd February 2016 at 22:30. 
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20th February 2016, 01:42
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Re: Identify airfields and a/c
Got it thanks
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20th February 2016, 04:39
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Re: Identify airfields and a/c
Yard jpg B-24 # 36 has the emblem of the 512 Sq. of the Royal Yugoslav Air Force. It's possible these aircraft are being returned to the US after hostilities.
Vince...
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20th February 2016, 15:16
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Re: Identify airfields and a/c
First thought re YARD photo was Davis-Monthan Army Air Field at Tuscon/Arizona where the so-called "Boneyard" was established right after the war. At least 20 Bombardment Groups (Heavy) were trained here during the war, all or most of them equipped with B-24s. But reading further, the first aircraft sent to the D-M "Boneyard" in 1946 were B-29s and C-47s, so the photo is either a different place or the photo was taken at some date later than 1948-49.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis%...Air_Force_Base L.
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20th February 2016, 15:27
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Re: Identify airfields and a/c
It might help to explain background to the three photos. Are they random photos you got on ebay or are they from one persons collection? Are they related all three.
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regards Dennis Burke Foreign Aircraft in Ireland 1939-1945 http://www.ww2irishaviation.com
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20th February 2016, 17:27
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Re: Identify airfields and a/c
Some of the B-24s have 15th AF tail markings. Mainly operated out of Italy.
Tony
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20th February 2016, 17:55
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Re: Identify airfields and a/c
Larry
I believe one of the first airfields used as a bone yard back in USA after WW 2, was Kingman in AZ. There were plenty of B-24, B-17, B-32 aircraft there more or less from 1945. Some late production B-32s I think were flown directly from Consolidated to Kingman on their basically first flight. Having said that, I have no idea if the photo actually depicts aircraft there..., but perhaps it's worth checking? Cheers Stig
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20th February 2016, 19:38
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Re: Identify airfields and a/c
5,500 aircraft melted down at Kingman alone between 1945 and 1948 with a total salvage value of $7.5-million - $1,365 per plane, which were nearly all bombers. I guess no one wanted the metal ingots. There were at least 30 other salvage facilities doing the same thing and some of them were larger than the Kingman operation.
http://www.airplaneboneyards.com/kin...rd-storage.htm L.
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