Boeing P-12E

Here’s one classic that was saved from an ignominious end ... This beautifully restored Boeing P-12E (serial number 31-559) is on permanent display within the Early Years Gallery of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. It is adorned in the markings of the U.S. Army Air Corps 6th Pursuit Squadron based on Wheeler Field in Hawaii in the 1930s; it was retired from service in 1940. It was later discovered...

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