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.

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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-49 K 43-1996 4983 Douglas Civilian aircraft impressed by USAAF
WW II
C-49 K 43-1997 4984 Douglas Civilian aircraft impressed by USAAF
WW II
C-49 K 43-1998 4985 Douglas Civilian aircraft impressed by USAAF
WW II
C-49 K 43-1999 4986 Douglas Civilian aircraft impressed by USAAF
WW II
C-49 K 43-2000 6325 Douglas Civilian aircraft impressed by USAAF
WW II
C-49 K 43-2001 6326 Douglas Civilian aircraft impressed by USAAF
WW II
C-49 K 43-2002 6327 Douglas Civilian aircraft impressed by USAAF
WW II
C-49 K 43-2003 6328 Douglas Civilian aircraft impressed by USAAF
WW II
C-49 K 43-2004 6329 Douglas Civilian aircraft impressed by USAAF
WW II
C-49 K 43-2005 6330 Douglas Civilian aircraft impressed by USAAF
WW II

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