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Early 20th Bombing Sqadron photo's


Terry K.
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I posted some Pursuit Sq. photo's on another topic but it looks like

the vet that took those pictures either transfered to or the 95th was attached to the 20th Bombing Squadron. Here are some pics of the 20th.BS

 

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These photos show William Devine, 20th squadron 2nd bomb group. I think they were taken around 1940 to mid 1941 He later became part of the 19th antisubmarine squadron out of Newfoundland.

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I think the aircraft in posts 1 & 2 are Keystone LB-10A (later became B-3A).

 

The gull-winged one in the background of the second photo in post 3 is probably either a Douglas Y1O-35 or a Douglas Y1B-7. These are visually almost identical.

 

The front aircraft in the second photo of post 3 is some version of the Fokker O-27/XB-8. If the B-8, that is a really rare photo.

 

The top photo in post #4 is NOT a C-27. I'm not sure what it is.

 

Second photo post #4 is probably a Douglas YB-7 or possibly a Douglas YB-9.

 

Very nice photos. Thanks.

 

The rest of post #4 are C-27s.

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Thanks all for the replies.

 

quack,

 

Thanks very much for your expertise. I know that the 1st aircraft in #4 is not a C-27, sorry but I worded the description screwy.I meant the last ones in the post are 27's, my bad. I have many more views of planes, I'll look and see if there is better views of the Fokker.

 

once again, Thanks!

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Here are a couple of pics of an aircraft mishap near some of the 20th's planes.

 

I do not know what it is, looks like a early Ford maybe a Stout?? Looks like a Curtis-Wright or Pratt-Whitney radial. Couldn't find the other views.

 

You know what they say,

 

"any landing you walk away from is a good landing"

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aircraft in photo #12 seems to be a Fokker C-14 or C-15 (differing only in engines, I think).

 

They were identical in performance. Y1C-15 was configured as an air ambulance. The one pictured is a Y1C-14.

 

TECHNICAL NOTES: Y1C-14

Engine: Wright R-1750-13 of 525 hp

Maximum speed: Approx. 150 mph

Cruising speed: 133 mph

Range: 675 miles

Service ceiling: 14,300 ft.

Span: 59 ft. 0 in.

Length: 43 ft. 3 in.

Height: 12 ft. 10 in.

Weight: 7,200 lbs. maximum gross weight

Crew: One (pilot)

Cargo/passenger capacity: Six passengers (approx. 1,650 lbs.)

Serial number: 31-381 to 31-400

 

TECHNICAL NOTES: Y1C-15

Engine: Wright R-1750-13 of 525 hp

Maximum speed: Approx. 150 mph

Cruising speed: 133 mph

Range: 675 miles

Service ceiling: 14,300 ft.

Span: 59 ft. 0 in.

Length: 43 ft. 3 in.

Height: 12 ft. 10 in.

Weight: 7,200 lbs. maximum gross weight

Crew: One (pilot)

Passenger capacity: Three litter patients and two attendants

Serial number: 31-389

 

 

 

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Terry

I think they are from Langley Field Va.

The Christmas greetings are a menu and roster for the 20th Bombardment Squadron (H)

GHQ Air Force

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That's not Virginia it's Southern California.

 

They are near the Pacific and those hills with letters on then is a California thing.

 

Notice that there are no trees ? Virginia is full of trees.

 

I base my conclusions from the photo in post #3.

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Well I looked up where the 20th BS was stationed. Seems they moved temporarily to Langley in May 1920 and was assigned there in 1922 and stayed there untill 1943 when they arrived in Africa. All of the inter-war years they were the testing Squadron for the AAF and were the unit that brought the B-17 into the AAF in the late 1930's. From what I found they flew every where including all over the U.S. and to South America.

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They were identical in performance. Y1C-15 was configured as an air ambulance. The one pictured is a Y1C-14.

 

TECHNICAL NOTES: Y1C-14

Engine: Wright R-1750-13 of 525 hp

Maximum speed: Approx. 150 mph

Cruising speed: 133 mph

Range: 675 miles

Service ceiling: 14,300 ft.

Span: 59 ft. 0 in.

Length: 43 ft. 3 in.

Height: 12 ft. 10 in.

Weight: 7,200 lbs. maximum gross weight

Crew: One (pilot)

Cargo/passenger capacity: Six passengers (approx. 1,650 lbs.)

Serial number: 31-381 to 31-400

 

TECHNICAL NOTES: Y1C-15

Engine: Wright R-1750-13 of 525 hp

Maximum speed: Approx. 150 mph

Cruising speed: 133 mph

Range: 675 miles

Service ceiling: 14,300 ft.

Span: 59 ft. 0 in.

Length: 43 ft. 3 in.

Height: 12 ft. 10 in.

Weight: 7,200 lbs. maximum gross weight

Crew: One (pilot)

Passenger capacity: Three litter patients and two attendants

Serial number: 31-389

 

 

 

While it is of course true that the Y1C-15 is normally shown as an air ambulance, later in its career it was changed to the R-1820 Cyclone engine and redesignated as C-15A. As C-15A it had normal configuration and paint, and I could not rule it out as the crashed bird being the C-15A (ex-Y1C-15), since it was identical to the Y1C-14 except for engine.

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