nothing exotic : military staggerwings ?

[JC Carbonel]

I am trying to find pictures of operationnal Beech Staggerwing as used during WW2. I can find a few (rare) pix on the net but they seem to depict either restaurations or machines stateside . I would need some machines actually deployed in Europe or in the Pacific (as hacks ?) Can anyone help ?

JCC

 

[riggerrob]

The British Royal Air Force and Royal Navy acquired 106 Traveller Mark I Staggerwings under Lend-Lease Agreements. They used them to transport personnel on laison duties.

 

[yasotay]

Second one is in Australia

 

[TsrJoe]

The Staggerwing Goes to War - King Air

Ted Wells never intended his Model 17 to fight a war, but when duty called the Staggerwing served American and Allied forces worldwide with distinction. The first Model 17 to wear “war paint” was C17R-115, designated as a JB-1 by the United States Navy when it entered service in 1936. Always in...

kingairmagazine.com

 

[TsrJoe]

RAF Beechcraft 17 colours question

When Beechcraft 17 PB1 was built by Beechcraft it was factory finished in the four colour scheme of Dark Earth/Dark Green/Light Earth/Light Green (or at least their interpretation of it). It was then shipped to the UK and went to the de Havilland Repair Unit at Witney for assembly and testing in ...

www.britmodeller.com

 

[TsrJoe]

Roden 1/48 UC-43 Staggerwing, by Tom Cleaver

 

[TsrJoe]

Falling in love…with a Beech Staggerwing — General Aviation News

generalaviationnews.com

 

[TsrJoe]

BEECH 17 STAGGERWING IN AUSTRALIA

ADF Serials - Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing

Index of /australian-aviation/beech17/

 

[TsrJoe]

IPMS Nederland - Beech 17 Staggerwing

Plastic modelbouw vereniging IPMS Nederland

www.ipms.nl

 

[TsrJoe]

Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing