1918-1940 Photos

 

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    Here are some examples of the colors flown by the U.S. Army Air Corp and the U.S. Navy in the period between the world wars.

Wldcat_1.jpg (24254 bytes)
Grumman F4F-3 Wildcat VF-7
USS Wasp
December, 1940		 Ff1.jpg (24236 bytes)
Grumman FF-1
3rd Section Leader
VF-5B
"Red Rippers"
USS Lexington
1934-35		 Sf1.jpg (21143 bytes)
Grumman SF-1
5th Section Leader
VS-3B
USS Lexington
1935		 Mb3.jpg (26566 bytes)
Thomas-Morse MB-3A
43rd School Squadron
Kelly Field, Texas
1925		 P6e_1.jpg (27129 bytes)
Curtiss P-6E Hawk
33rd Pursuit Squadron
8th Pursuit Group
Langley Field
Virginia
P6e_2.jpg (27908 bytes)
Curtiss P-6E Hawk
33rd Pursuit Squadron
8th Pursuit Group
Langley Field
Virginia
1938		 P30.jpg (23570 bytes)
Consolidated P-30 (PB-2)
94th Pursuit Squadron
1935		 Pw8.jpg (30169 bytes)
Curtiss PW-8
17th Pursuit Squadron
1st Pursuit Group
1924 Mitchell Trophy race
participant		 Pw9.jpg (22826 bytes)
Boeing PW-9C
19th Pursuit Squadron
Hickam Field
Hawaii
1927
Berliner-Joyce P-16
94th Pursuit Squadron
1933
P26_1.jpg (25444 bytes)
Boeing P-26A
94th Pursuit Squadron
1st Pursuit Group
Selfridge Field, Michigan
1937		 P26_2.jpg (23672 bytes)
Boeing P-26A
Commanding Officer
20th Pursuit Group
Barksdale Field
Louisiana
1936		 Sbc.jpg (28048 bytes)
Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver
VS-5
USS Yorktown
1937		 Sb2u.jpg (21879 bytes)
Vought SB2U-1
5th Section Leader
VB-3
USS Saratoga
May 1939