Really old cool plane pictures.

[Scott Liggett]

My maternal Grandfather, Harry Leber, was a pilot and squadron commander before and during WWII. My mother and my aunt have several photo albums full of pics he took during these times. I took pictures of the pictures and will be sharing them here. I have dozens of photos to crop and fix then upload. I'll give you as much of the history as I know. He died six months before I was born so getting it directly is no longer possible.

Here's a taste. How many of you ever seen a Martin B-10 bomber? Harry trained on one of these before going on to the B-17. This was taken at Hamilton Air Field near San Rafael CA in 1937.

[RyanWalker]

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Very cool.

[olbuddybob]

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Wow, keep em coming.

[VTJUNK]

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I remember you saying you were going to get some of those pics and post them. Can't wait to see more!

[Monk]

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Old aircraft is cool

What's the story on the Martin?

Doesn't look big and bulky like most bomber from back then.

[Bamfster]

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I can't wait....

[Freiburger]

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ready for more

[fahrenschnell]

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Keep them coming.

Seth

[nickleone]

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Wiki info on the B10.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_B-10

Nick

[Darren N.]

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Wow, that's pretty damn cool. Really nice of you to share. I'm looking forward to the pics.

[Scott Liggett]

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In 1936, my Grandfather was stationed to Randolph Air Field near San Antonio, TX for beginning air training. I'm not sure if these are PT-11's or PT-3's.


Randolph was called the "Show Place of the Air Force", because of it's Spanish colonial buildings and central tower.




These flying cadets sure took a lot of pics while flying.



These were the times when the Bi-plane was beginning to go the way of the Dodo. Funny, that's what they called rookies who had yet soloed.











XC-32 was the experimental stage of what became the DC-3 and the military C-47.



This next series of pictures of the wreckage of one of Harry's fellow students. The caption says "This is the wreckage of F/C Burnett's before he should have gone to Kelly Field, killed instantly."

[Scott Liggett]

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Harry went down to Waco for night time and low visibility training.





Flying at night meant the days were off. So off to Corpus Christi to go boating.

[62-impala-ss]

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Very cool pics!! Good to have the stories and memories for future generations

[Monster]

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Some really cool stuff there, thanks !!

;D

[Blazerteam]

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X2 ;).