aircraft unit identification

[usaaf93]

Hello

 

I just purchased a photo album full of aircraft picture. I have not received it yet. There are some postcards of Estes Park in Colorado too. I think it may be some souvenir of the previous owner training in the USAAF

Do you know which unit these aircraft flew then ?

Thanks

 

Julien

 

PS : Sorry for the quality of the pictures

 

 

[usaaf93]

I think the last picture is P-38 if it helps

[5thwingmarty]

Left photo has an AT-6 Texan trainer.

Center photo has a F6F Hellcat in the foreground and an A-20 Havoc in the background.

Right photo has a P-51 Mustang in the foreground and I believe a B-25 Mitchell in the background.

 

I believe the large letters and numbers indicate these were planes used for training. The first letter may indicate the field to which they were assigned.

[usaaf93]

thanks for your answer

[AustinO]

Fuselage code "Y" was used at AAF Advanced Flying School (Single-Engine) Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona early in the war.

 

Code U was used at Yuma Army Airfield, Yuma, Arizona for both the Single-Engine and Twin-Engine Advanced Flying Schools.

 

I'm not sure on the C coded Hellcat, but the mountains look the same as in the AT-6 shot.

 

If I had to guess I would say these were all taken at Yuma.

[usaaf93]

Thanks Austin. I will check all the pictures when I get them.

[northcoastaero]

The C on the F6F Hellcat could stand for the USS Coral Sea from January 1947-1948 time frame? This is all that I could find out.