The Jetranger parked on the road, some ways ahead.

This is a pic I took of an air ambulance Jetranger coming in to land at an accident on I540 N of Ft Smith early morning June 26. He would have taken off in the dark, assuming it would be light by the time he got here.

Appear to be (l-r) a Bell P-39 Airacobra, North American BT-9 and North American O-47. ------ Robert Uncommon Aircraft: http://fire.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon

Curtiss A-25A-20-CS Shrike, USAAF s/n 42-79960. ------ Robert Uncommon Aircraft: http://fire.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon

Spartan C-71, USAAF s/n "42-38266 was N17657 c/n 7W-26. Originally sold to Des Moines Iowa Register and Tribune, impressed Mar 16, 1942. Returned in 1945. Restored to NC17657 Jan 31, 1945, to N46481 Jul 18, 1950, to YV-T-VTC Jun 26, 1964, to N5053 Apr 1969. Still on register in 2001 as N5053....

Looks like a Lockheed Lodestar or Ventura. ------ Robert Uncommon Aircraft: http://fire.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon

Noorduyn UC-64A Norseman, serial number 43-5253, construction number 244. ------ Robert Uncommon Aircraft: http://fire.prohosting.com/hud607/uncommon

My sister sent me scans of these photos taken by her husband's grandfather, who served in the USAAF during World War II. She didn't know much about them, but said that he spent some time in Mississippi and the Philippines. I've dug up what little information I can about the aircraft, using Joe...