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-5 B 87-0033 Lockheed
C-5 B 87-0034 Lockheed
C-5 B 87-0035 Lockheed
C-5 B 87-0036 Lockheed
C-5 B 87-0037 Lockheed
C-5 B 87-0038 Lockheed
C-5 B 87-0039 Lockheed
C-5 B 87-0040 Lockheed
C-5 B 87-0041 Lockheed
C-5 B 87-0042 Lockheed

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