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Gallery: 1942 USNTS AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION BOOK
Issued December 8, 1942 at the U.S. Naval Training School in Columbus, Ohio, this recognition manual taught sailors and aircrew to identify aircraft at a glance GÇö from the Grumman F4F Wildcat and P-51 Mustang to enemy types like the Focke-Wulf FW 200 Condor and Heinkel He 177. Each card pairs photographs with multi-angle silhouette drawings, the split-second visual training that helped lookouts tell friend from foe and prevent friendly-fire losses across every theater of World War II.
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Training Sheet: Short Sunderland (RAF Patrol Bomber), Columbus, Ohio, December 1942
Hand-Drawn Pin-Up Doodles on Reverse of 1942 USNTS Aircraft Recognition Manual Page
U.S. Navy Training School Aircraft Recognition Manual Page: Avro Lancaster, RAF Heavy Bomber, Form 2, Columbus Ohio, December 1942
U.S. Navy Aircraft Recognition Training Page: Short Stirling, R.A.F. Heavy Bomber, 1942
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Vickers Wellington, R.A.F. Medium Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Bristol Blenheim, R.A.F. Medium Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: de Havilland Mosquito, R.A.F. Attack Bomber, Fighter, and Reconnaissance Aircraft (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Bristol Beaufort, R.A.F. Attack Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Bristol Beaufighter, R.A.F. Attack Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
Aircraft Recognition Training Page: Hawker Typhoon (RAF Fighter), USNTS Columbus, Ohio, 1942
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Manual Page: Hawker Hurricane (R.A.F. Fighter), Columbus, Ohio, December 8, 1942
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Supermarine Spitfire, R.A.F. Fighter (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Focke-Wulf FW 200K, German Patrol Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Heinkel He 177, German Heavy Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Heinkel He 111K, German Attack Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Manual Page: Junkers Ju 88 German Attack Bomber
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Junkers Ju 87b (Stuka), German Dive Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
FW 190 German Fighter — U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Training Page, Columbus Ohio, December 1942
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Manual Page - Messerschmitt Me 110 German Fighter, 1942
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Messerschmitt ME 109F, German Fighter (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Junkers JU 52, German Transport (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Manual Page: PB2Y Coronado, U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber (Columbus, Ohio, 1942)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina, U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber (Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42, Form 2)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: PBM Mariner, U.S. Navy Patrol Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: R5D / C-54A (Douglas Skymaster), U.S. Navy and Army Transport (Form 2, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: C-47 / R4D (Douglas Skytrain), U.S. Army and Navy Transport (Form 2, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Manual Page -- Curtiss C-46 / R5C 'Commando' Transport, Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 8 December 1942
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Card: A-31 Vengeance, U.S. Army Attack Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: A-30 Baltimore Medium Bomber (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: PBO/A-29 Hudson Medium Bomber (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Manual Page — B-26 Marauder, U.S. Army Medium Bomber (1942)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: B-25 Mitchell Medium Bomber (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
B-24 Liberator Aircraft Recognition Training Page, USNTS Columbus Ohio, 1942
Aircraft Recognition Manual Page: B-17E/F Flying Fortress, U.S.N.T.S. Columbus, Ohio, 1942
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Page: Douglas A-20/BD "Boston" or "Havoc" Attack Bomber (Form 2, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Training Page - Grumman TBF Avenger Torpedo Bomber, Columbus Ohio, December 1942
Aircraft Recognition Training Page: Brewster SB2A Buccaneer, U.S. Navy Scout Bomber, 1942
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: SB2U Vindicator Scout Bomber (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: SB2C Helldiver Scout Bomber (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: SBD/A-24 Dauntless Scout Bomber (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: SO3C Seagull Scout Observation Floatplane (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: OS2N/OS2U Kingfisher Observation Scout (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Training Page: Grumman F4F Wildcat, Columbus, Ohio, December 1942
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: F4U Corsair Fighter (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Manual Page: Lockheed P-38 Lightning, U.S. Army Pursuit Aircraft (1942)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: P-39 Airacobra Pursuit Fighter (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Training Card: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Form 2, Columbus Ohio, December 8, 1942
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: P-40F Warhawk Pursuit Fighter (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
USNTS Aircraft Recognition Training Page: North American P-51 Mustang, U.S. Army Pursuit (Form 2, 12-8-42)
