[Leica] IMG: here's to you dad

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

The propellers and landing gear led me to believe it is a C-46.  Built by 
Curtiss, they used Curtiss electric propellers, and, while the landing gear 
is conventional, it is definitely not a C-47.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "George Lottermoser" <imagist3 at mac.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: here's to you dad


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> On Nov 11, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
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>> Nice work, George.  From the few aircraft details that I can see in the 
>> image, I would suspect the plane is a C-46.  Am I close?
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> Thanks for having a look Jim.
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> He was a radio operator.
> Thumbing through his saved radio logs (just now)
> He has logs from flights in C-46, C-54 and B-25
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> With your knowledge base I'd have to go with your best guess
> (definitely not a C-54 or B-25)
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> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
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