June 12, 2011 at 1:05 pm
Here’s a group showing USAF Transport aircraft from the Fifties and Sixties. Photos by the late Gerald Lawrance, digitised and made available by Tony Clarke. Any extra information always welcome:
45-0940 VC-47D, MATS. This is probably taken while serving with MATS Prestwick 1959-1963, location unknown. Later N17778 and still flying from Long Beach as N403JB with Catalina Flying Boats:
43-49506 C-47 at Bentwaters 14-5-60:
43-48255 C-47 20th TFW USAF at its base of Wethersfield 19-5-62:
45-0943 C-47 at Coltishall Sept 1964:
44-76609 C-47. Date and location unknown:
52-0844 KC-97L Wisconsin ANG, probably through the fence at Mildenhall:
52-2680 ditto:
52-2698 ditto:
53-7827 Fairchild C-119G, 322nd AD USAF. Date and location unknown:
53-7839 Fairchild C-119G, 322nd AD USAF at Wethersfield 28-5-60:
51-5209 Douglas C-124C Globemaster II at Bentwaters 14-5-60:
52-0950 Douglas C-124C Globemaster II, 63rd TCW. Date and location unknown:
52-0958 Douglas C-124C Globemaster II at Wethersfield 19-5-62:
52-0963 Douglas C-124C Globemaster II, 28th LSS USAF. Date and location unknown. On three engines:
52-1085 Douglas C-124C Globemaster II, 63rd MAW at Mildenhall 21-5-66:
55-0005 Lockheed C-130A Hercules, 322nd AD, USAF. At Wethersfield 28-5-60:
52-5805 Convair C-131A, at Mildenhall 1969:
54-0139 Douglas C-133A Cargomaster, date and location unknown:
56-2001 Douglas C-133A Cargomaster, date and location unknown:
56-2010 Douglas C-133A Cargomaster, date and location unknown:
By: Steve Bond - 13th June 2011 at 10:30
More location info:
C-47 0.76609 is the Alconbury Base flight machine, and is at one of their Armed Forces Days. It was in the static park there in 1959, 1960 and 1964, but I cannot tell from the shot which of those it was.
C-119 37827 is at Coltishall, but I don’t know the year.
C-124 0.20950 is at Lakenheath 22 May 65.
C-133 62010 is at mildenhall 17 May 69.
By: daveg4otu - 13th June 2011 at 10:21
Fantastic pictures – more please!
By: Wyvernfan - 13th June 2011 at 08:29
What a poorer place we live in these days, without the sight and SOUND of the likes of Cargomasters, Globemasters and C97’s.
Thanks for posting these.Richard
Totally agree. Superb.!
By: Tin Triangle - 13th June 2011 at 08:25
Yet more fabulous shots of long-gone machines! Thank you.
By: T-21 - 13th June 2011 at 07:23
These photos have the “wow” factor thank you for posting . Some missing C-47 information .
45-0943 81st TFW Bentwaters
43-49506 81st TFW Bentwaters broken up there in 1963.
44-76609 10th TRW Alconbury from 12/61 -1964.
45-0940 7513 Airbase Squadron Mildenhall then 603 Airbase Wing at Sembach,W Germany.
By: pogno - 12th June 2011 at 22:45
What a poorer place we live in these days, without the sight and SOUND of the likes of Cargomasters, Globemasters and C97’s.
Thanks for posting these.
Do you have any Hastings pictures up your sleeve?
Richard
By: Discendo Duces - 12th June 2011 at 21:58
These just get better and better, once again, many thanks.
DD