Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/21

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Airplane ID?
From: amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak)
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 22:14:31 -0500 (CDT)

On 22 May 2013 07:10, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:

> 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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Looks to me like  Beech Model 18 (Military designations AT-11) navigation 
and bombing trainer.
Post-WWII they were C-45G (remanufactured C-45Fs, RC-45As, T-7, and T-11s)

Alan

Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services
(Retired)
UPAA POY 1978
amr3 at uwm.edu
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