
Caption | F4U-1 Corsair, FM-2 Wildcat, SNC-1 Falcon, and Culver TD2C aircraft at Naval Air Station Long Beach, California, United States, 10 Aug 1944; note SB2C Helldiver aircraft in background behind pile ww2dbase | ||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||
Identification Code | ARC 295426 | ||||||||||
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Photo Size | 2,949 x 2,040 pixels | ||||||||||
Photos on Same Day | 10 Aug 1944 | ||||||||||
Photos at Same Place | Long Beach, California, United States | ||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||
Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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David Stubblebine says:
30 Nov 2020 01:30:34 PM
Stu (above):
If by the upper left you mean the upper right, directly above the car that looks like it’s on the wrong side of the road, that is a Culver TD2C ‘Cadet’ (Army designation PQ-14). Some were used as trainers and other were used as target drones (the original design intent). The airframe is overall slightly smaller than the P-39 Airacobra with the fuselage that is proportionally a bit stubbier. Also, the shape of the tail is wrong for the P-39.

30 Nov 2020 01:30:34 PM
Stu (above):
If by the upper left you mean the upper right, directly above the car that looks like it’s on the wrong side of the road, that is a Culver TD2C ‘Cadet’ (Army designation PQ-14). Some were used as trainers and other were used as target drones (the original design intent). The airframe is overall slightly smaller than the P-39 Airacobra with the fuselage that is proportionally a bit stubbier. Also, the shape of the tail is wrong for the P-39.
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30 Nov 2020 12:39:22 PM
It also appears that in the upper left between the two roads is a P-39 type airframe. Tricycle landing gear, correct fuselage shape. Anybody else have any thoughts?