Collection

Aircraft

Aircraft models, manufacturers, histories, and dispositions.

Words shorter than three characters are ignored. Every remaining word must match somewhere in the record.
Showing 4,001–4,050
TypeModelArmy Af NumNavy SeriesNavy Mc NumContrnumNicknameMfglocHist NotesDispositionDispdate
A-20G-20-DO42-86744Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86745Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86746Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86747Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86748Douglas Santa Monica
WW II 27th Bomb Squadron Missing in action Apr 17 1945, Au…
WW II 27th Bomb Squadron Missing in action Apr 17 1945, Australia
MIA1945-04-17 00:00:00.000
A-20G-20-DO42-86749Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86750Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86751Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86752Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86753Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86754Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86755Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86756Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86757Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86758Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86759Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86760Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86761Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86762Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86763Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86764Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86851Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86852Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86853Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86854Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86855Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86856Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86857Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86858Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86859Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86860Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86861Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86862Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86863Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86864Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86865Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86866Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86867Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86868Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86869Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86870Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86871Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86872Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86873Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86874Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86875Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86876Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86877Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86878Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
A-20G-20-DO42-86879Douglas Santa MonicaWW II
Background and Sources Collection notes, historical context, and related resources

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 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 made this information available on his site in very clear fashion.

The site is 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.