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-45 F 44-87015 8274 Beechcraft WW II N
C-45 F 44-87016 8275 Beechcraft WW II N
C-45 F 44-87017 8276 Beechcraft WW II N
C-45 F 44-87018 8277 Beechcraft WW II N
C-45 F 44-87019 8278 Beechcraft WW II N
C-45 F 44-87020 8279 Beechcraft WW II N
C-45 F 44-87021 8280 Beechcraft WW II N
C-45 F 44-87022 8281 Beechcraft WW II N
C-45 F 44-87023 8282 Beechcraft WW II N
C-45 F 44-87024 8283 Beechcraft WW II N

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