Just Passin' Through...

A lineup of unarmed P-40s at Biggs Field during a dust storm, pre-war... probably 1941.

This has the looks of a transient line, and these P-40Bs are most likely on a delivery flight.
Other types in the background include a P-36C, O-43A, two C-39s and a B-17B.


Clarence E. Schurwan Jr via Clifford Bossie - Larger Image

Thanks to Clifford Bossie for permission to include this photo here.
Check out his pages documenting Biggs Field...

A closer look at the first two ships in line...


Clarence E. Schurwan Jr via Clifford Bossie - Larger Image

Haggard Hawk

Here's a well-worn P-40E-1 at Biggs, photographed on July 1st, 1943.
This ship looks to be from the 50th Fighter Group, possibly the 313th Squadron.


Tom Michel collection - Larger Image

Celebrity Hawk

Col. Robert L. Scott with P-40M 43-5418 while on the transient ramp at Biggs.
The Hawk was assigned to the 50th Fighter Group at the time, and was later sent to
Luke Field, Arizona. See a couple'a more photos of this ship in Luke markings, HERE.


John Paul Jones vis Clifford Bossie - Larger Image

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