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Early Airplane. Picture taken near Columbus, NM during Mexican Revolution.
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B-36 Crew Members. The last B-36 airplane was flown from El Paso to Fort Worth where it was decommissioned and retired from service. Crew members’ names on back of picture.
B-36 Crew Members–Left to Right, standing: Col. Gerald G. Robinson, 95th Bomb Wing Commander; Maj. Ferdinand J. Winter, aircraft commander; Capt. Wilson P. Smith, pilot; Maj. Donald G. Cox, Radar Navigator; Capt. Harry P. Borcherding, 1st Navigator; Capt. John M. Kresl, 2d Navigator; Capt. Leland H. Neville, 1st engineer; Capt. Clyde M. Youngblood, 2d engineer. Front row: T/Sgt. Earl M. Mize, 1st radio operator; T/Sgt. Everett B. Dunn, 2d radio operator; S/Sgt. Harry J. Bibby, radar gunner; S/Sgt. Victor A. Bieberly, gunner; T/Sgt. Bob G. Hinton, tail gunner; and T/Sgt. Damon E. Stewart, crew chief.
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Convair, a division of General Dynamics Corp.
The Air Force’s last B-36 airplane was flown from El Paso to Fort Worth where it was decommissioned and retired from service. Comes with press release dated January 26, 1959.
Accompanying press release states: “This scene, which took place August 14, 1954 is scheduled to be repeated in reverse on February 12, 1959. The occasion in 1954 was the delivery to the Air Force of the last B-36 intercontinental bomber produced at the Fort Worth plant of Convair Division of General Dynamics Corporation. The reversal comes on February 12 when the Air Force plans to return this same bomber to Amon Carter Field, Fort Worth, Texas, where it will be decommissioned and retired from service. The huge bomber will remain at Amon Carter Field, permanently installed near the terminal building, where it will be maintained as a memorial by members of Convair’s Management Club. (1-26-59).”
Printed on back of photo: “Convair Photo no. 5-8252 Fort Worth”
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Convair, a division of General Dynamics Corp.
The B-36 aloft. The Air Force’s last B-36 airplane was flown from El Paso to Fort Worth where it was decommissioned and retired from service. Comes with press release dated January 26,1959.
Accompanying press release states: “The city of Fort Worth, the Convair plant, and Carswell Air Force Base make an appropriate background for a B-36 intercontinental bomber in flight. For many years, this was a familiar sight to people of Fort Worth, to employees of Convair, who built and tested all of the B-36’s in the Strategic Air Command, and to personnel at Carswell Air Force Base, where the first B-36 was delivered and where two wings of the mighty bombers were based. This scene will be repeated for the last time on February 12, 1959, as the last B-36 from SAC flies in salute over the city while on its way to retirement and decommissioning at Amon Carter Field, Fort Worth, Texas (1-26-59).”
Printed on back of photo: “Convair Photo no. 25-418 Fort Worth”
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The B-36 taking off. The Air Force’s last B-36 airplane was flown from El Paso to Fort Worth where it was decommissioned and retired from service. Comes with press release dated January 26,1959.
Accompanying press release states: “Taking off from General Dynamics Corporation’s Convair- Fort Worth plant on August 14, 1954, was the last globe-spanning B-36 intercontinental bomber to come off the production line. This same bomber is scheduled to return to Fort Worth on February 12, 1959, to be decommissioned from service as the last B-36 of the Air Force’s Strategic Air Command. Following the decommissioning, the aircraft will remain at Amon Carter Field in Fort Worth, Texas, as a memorial to the many citizens and Air Force personnel of the city who had a part in the plane’s development (1-26-59).”
Printed on the back of the photo: “Convair Photo no. 5-8260 Fort Worth”
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Ft. Bliss Flying Field, Sunday Aug. 15, 1920. JL-6 Airplane- All metal. En route cross continent.
Back of photo: August 15, 1920/ new JL-6 All metal monoplane, en route cross continent (west to east) designed and owned by John L. Larson; pilots Burt Acosta and Eddie Rickenbacker; and mechanic E. Beuhl.
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Ft. Bliss Flying Field, Aug. 15, 1920. Refueling JL-6 Airplane en route Los Angeles to New York.
Speedway gasoline.
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WWI airplane- allied DeHaviland Four- 12 cylinder, water-cooled Liberty motor. Copied from 1918 newspapers by James Ward.
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WWI airplanes- DeHaviland Four (DH4), General utility type. Copied from 1918 New York Newspaper by Col. James Ward.
