Aircraft

Aircraft

Army and Air Force aircraft are identified by a unique Serial Number assigned to each. Navy and Marine Corps aircraft are similarly identified by a Bureau Number. The Coast Guard also identifies its aircraft by Serial Number.

The best available source on the Web for information about individual military aircraft is Joe Baugher’s web site. Joe has made a point of trying to identify and list all such aircraft individually by their identifying numbers, as well as providing much further information on a lot of aircraft, and has made this information available on his site in very clear fashion.

The site isĀ Joe Baugher’s site

The searchable table for aircraft on our site includes a little information about some aircraft (like a few nicknames and the disposition of some) that is not available on Joe Baugher’s site. However, overall no one is going to come close to the wealth of aircraft information that is on his site.

Another excellent source of information about all but recent years’ aircraft is “U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials, 1909 to 1979” by John M. Andrade. This book includes lots of data about specific aircraft as well as background on the various types and groups.

A-10
C-47 dropping paratroopers on D-Day in Normandy
C-47
TYPE
TYPE MODEL ARMY_AF_NUM NAVY_SERIES NAVY_MC_NUM CONTRNUM NICKNAME MFGLOC HIST_NOTES DISPOSITION DISPDATE C1 C2
C-47 B-50-DK 45-1135 34405 Douglas Oklahoma City WW II
C-47 B-50-DK 45-1136 34406 Douglas Oklahoma City WW II
C-47 B-50-DK 45-1137 34407 Douglas Oklahoma City WW II
C-47 B-50-DK 45-1138 34408 Douglas Oklahoma City WW II
C-47 B-50-DK 45-1139 34409 Douglas Oklahoma City WW II
C-47 DL 41-18337 4375 Douglas Long Beach WW II
C-47 DL 41-18338 4376 Douglas Long Beach WW II
C-47 DL 41-18339 4377 Douglas Long Beach WW II
C-47 DL 41-18340 4378 Douglas Long Beach WW II
C-47 DL 41-18341 4379 Douglas Long Beach WW II

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