1-35-P-H-7.......DOUGLAS O-46A.......Extremely obscure photos of this large cumbersome 1935/1936 USAC observation plane taking off.......This O-46A was one of 90 procured for the USAC to fulfull the role of forward air observation of a battlefront.......unfortunately, the US Military specification for this type of plane was flawed.....a three ton, 725 horspower powered monoplane was hardly a maneuverable, quiet, low altitude, short field plane......design had been superceded by WWII with the 'L' birds such as the 65 hp. Piper L-4 Cub.....much more suited for this type of work..... very good condition 8" by 10" medium resolution photos.............$19 for the two photos

2-35-P-H-7......BEECHCRAFT KDB-1 MISSILE TARGET........Pretty cool postcard of the little Beech target....on the reverse they mention it is 'fully recoverable' (i.e. if nobody can shoot the damn thing down!)....... 3.5" by 5.5" in unused condition........$6

4-36-P-H-7......ORIGINAL WWII PERSONAL NOSE ART PHOTOS......... a pair of B-29's..each photo is 4" by 5", no markings on reverse.......Battlin Betty III and Lady Eve ....Battlin Betty was 498th BG , 875th SQ.......both in excellent original condition...........set of 2 for ........$39

5-35-P-H-7........1950 US MILITARY BASE......Here's another one I just can't identify, where is it??....Kind of loos like old Hamilton Field near San Francisco, but I don't think thats it......large hangar in center, control tower and various buildings.....runway 28 is visible as are a number of interesting aircraft on the field including Beech 18 (C-45) Grumman S2F Trackers, Douglas B-26 Invader, Douglas AD Skyraiders, PBY Catalina, Grumman Albatross, F6F Hellcat, and F7F Tigercat......judging by this equipment, I bet this was post WWII 1950 era........photo measures 5.5" by 8" in very good cond. and high def. from personal album, I wonder if this was taken from a departing plane?......no markings on reverse......$5

6-35-P-H-7.......20TH CENTURY FOX STARLET ROSEMARIE BOWE ........United Press 7" by 9" photo dated 1954 with atached typed press release " Arctic bound ship names queen, New York- Pretty Rosemarie Bowe, 20th Century Fox starlet, is fitted with an aviators' helmet ".......... " aboard the icebreaker Westwind"......"has been voted by the Westwind's crew as the girl we'd most like to take to the Arctic with us".........she is sitting in one of the two helicopters assigned to the ship.........turns out that Miss Bowe is Robert Stack's wife and she is still around, but has no fan club ......buy this excellent condition photo and start your own fan club.......$10

7-35-P-H-7.........ON ADAK ISLAND B-24 PHOTO.......Original photo as removed from WWII photo album.......3x4" photo of plane and crew..........$8

8-35-P-H-7..........RYAN YO-51..........Original WWII era photo of the very rare (only 3 produced) Ryan Observation/scout open cockpit parasol plane......powered with a P&W R985, it was quite a large plane, but eventually this type design was replaced with light planes such as the Piper L-4 Cub......photo is fairly low resolution but in very good condition and measures 5x7" ..appears developed from slide.....$11

9-36-P-H-7..........B-19 WITH aLLISON ENGINES IN 1945 .......Probably the most rare photo I have, the B-19 was an experimental design built by Douglas and was the largest US bomber until 1946.......numerous engines were tried, although nothing was powerful enough to move this behemoth....only this one was built and it was scrapped in 1945......witing on reverse of photo notes it was at "Miami AAFB, 1945"...... photo is dated March 1970, a reprint of the orginal..measures 3.5" by 4.5"....very obscure WWII USAAF bomber......(supposedly a wheel from this ariplane remains in the AAF muesum in Ohio) ......$17

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