Curtiss P-6 Hawks
of the
17th Pursuit Squadron
A note for model builders and colors and markings nuts: the 17th Pursuit Squadron's
unit insignia was a diving Great Snowy Owl which was hand-painted on each ship,
and therefore each emblem was unique and different from all of the others.
P-6E serial number 32-258. On May 27th, 1933, this ship was destroyed after its pilot,
2Lt. Norman R. Burnett, bailed out near South Holland, IL due to an engine fire.
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P-6E 32-268, photographed at Randolph Field, TX on January 27th, 1933.
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On September 1st, 1934 Lt. Clement Gaster left Selfridge Field in P-6E 32-240 and headed out
over Lake Erie, enroute to the Cleveland Air Races. He never reached his destination...
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P-6E 32-270 was destroyed in a fatal accident at Duncanville, PA on April 5th, 1934.
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After retirement from operational service, many P-6s were sent to Air Corps technical schools.
In 1939, P-6E 32-264 went to the US Army Chicago School of Aeronautics at Glenview, Illinois.
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A closer look...
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