JACK FISHER COLLECTION
No. 10629. Douglas B-23 Dragon (39-27 c/n 2713) US Army Air Corps
Photograph from Douglas, taken at Clover Field, Santa Monica, California, USA, July 27, 1939
Aeroplane Photo Supply (APS) Photo No. 374A (No. 374 was used twice)

Douglas B-23 Dragon

03/15/2020. Johan Visschedijk: "First flown at Clover Field, Santa Monica, California, on July 27, 1939, this aircraft was handed over to the USAAC at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, on October 13, 1939. It was damaged while landing at Eglin Field, Florida, on February 2, 1941, two months later, April 7, it was stored at the Air Depot at Orlando Army Air Field. On April 9, 1942 it was struck off charge and subsequently scrapped."

Read the type remarks on page 9301.


Created May 31, 2011