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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Airplane ID?
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 16:25:23 -0500
Tina,

There is not much detail to see in that photo, but I suspect it was a 
Beechcraft Model 18, which was built in a variety of models during and after 
WWII.  Whether there was actually a bomber configuration, I can't say.  But 
as transports  and trainers, they were plentiful.  Probably best known as 
the C-45 transport.

Here are a couple that are still flying:
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Twin+Beech.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Polished+Twin+Beech.jpg.html

Hope this helps.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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Subject: [OM] IMG: Airplane ID?


> PESO:
>
> Any of you airplane buffs know what kind of plane this is?
>
> http://www.pbase.com/image/150324376
>
> I was told at the time it was a WWII bomber.  I flew in it with a medical
> mission group to the Mosquito Coast after Hurricane Mitch.  We loaded the
> plane with so many medical supplies that it had to circle very slowly
> around and around until it got enough altitude to get over the mountains
> around Tegucigalpa.  I was the co-pilot ;-)  sat in the seat and wore the
> earphones, anyway!
>
> C&C greatly appreciated.
>
> Tina
>
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