During the 1970s (my schooldays), I became interested in military aircraft. I lived on cycling-distance of Soesterberg AB and often went there (often in schooltime..) |
![]() Lockheed C-121C Constellation, 54-179 (191 TEWS, Olmstead AFB,PA), at Tucson-MASDC April 1974 |
![]() Lockheed EC-121Q Constellation, 53-0542 (5542 AEW&CW McClellan,CA), at Tucson-MASDC March 1974 |
![]() Lockheed C-121G 54-4049, 54-4049 191 MAS (Olmstead AFB,PA), at Tucson-MASDC March 1974 |
![]() Lockheed EC-121M 145940/215-PR (VQ-1, NAS Agana, Guam), at Tucson-MASDC Nov. 1974 |
![]() Douglas C-47A 39074 (Golden Knights Army Parachute Team), at Tucson-MASDC April 1975 |
![]() Douglas C-47A 39107 (Anniston Army Depot, Alabama), Tucson-MASDC Dec.1974 A remarkable nose that is, off standard I would say... |
![]() Douglas C-47A 49281 (US Army Aeromedical Research Lab), Tucson-MASDC March 1975 |
![]() Douglas C-47A 36-8836 (Red River Army Depot), Tucson-MASDC April 1975 |
It would seem these C-47s were taken out of storage and prepared for delivery to Honduras
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![]() Douglas C-47D FAH-309 Fuerza Aerea Honduras, Tucson-MASDC Oct. 1974 Paul Chandler offered the following identity: "c/n 14533/25978, which was delivered in October 1974." |
![]() Douglas C-47D FAH-311 Fuerza Aerea Honduras, Tucson-MASDC Oct. 1974 |
![]() C-133 54-0137 (436 MAW McGuire AFB,NJ), Tucson-MASDC Aug.1974 |
![]() HU-16E Albatross, 7246 (USCG San Francisco), San Francisco Oct.1974 |
![]() Grumman TS-2A 136539/124-3A (VT-31 NAS Corpus Christi,TX), Tucson-MASDC Dec. 1974 |
![]() Grumman S-2G Tracker 152812/011-NH (VS-33, NAS North Island,CA), Tucson-MASDC June 1974 |
![]() Lockheed SP-2H Neptune 145907/PL-9 (VP-67, NAS New Orleans,LA), Tucson-MASDC March 1975 |
![]() Convair VT-29B 51-5147, at Tucson-MASDC Dec. 1974 |
![]() McDonnell-Douglas F-4J Phantom II, 158370/NE-211 - VF-21, FAIR Miramar,CA. At NAS Miramar Oct.'74 |
![]() Boeing T-43A 72-287 Naval Training Wing. At Mather AFB,CA - November 1974 |
![]() North American T-28B Trojan 140015/3G-743 (VT-27, NAS Corpus Christi,TX), at Tucson-MASDC Oct.'74 |
Michael Jones wrote: "Thank you for this tribute. I served with Ben Knowles nearly 40 years ago. He just recently came to mind and I decided to see if I could look him up. What do you know of Ben's retirement and passing? Again, thank you very much for this tribute. It is a great reflection of Msgt. Ben Knowles as I knew him." I replied: |
Ben Knowles was in an excellent position to photograph aircraft which had arrived for storage at the Military Aircraft Storage & Disposition Center (MASDC, later renamed AMARC). However, some of the aircraft on the ramp of Davis-Monthan AFB may have been operational visitors and as such I have referred to them in the information as 'DMAFB' instead of 'MASDC', relying blindly on the info I have with the negatives. The negatives were scanned, using an Epson V500 flatbed photoscanner. Adobe software was used to enhance the results. Davis-Monthan AFB on Wikipedia In Sep.2014 I received the following kind email: For more correspondents and noteworthy authors, see my Dossier Index
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