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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 Card: PBO/A-29 Hudson Medium Bomber (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)

A page from a 1942 U.S. Navy Training School aircraft recognition manual identifying the Lockheed Hudson (PBO/A-29), a twin-engine medium bomber and patrol aircraft used by both the U.S. Navy and Army. Photographs and silhouette diagrams trained wartime personnel to quickly identify aircraft types by shape and outline, a critical skill for coastal patrol and anti-submarine crews. Project: 218069