Lt. Palmer Aircraft Examples

Examples of aircraft flown by Roger Palmer
Listed in chronological order of his experience.

PT-19: Roger, like so many of the other cadets of WWII, got his first hours in a PT-19 SUPER easy to handle, this PRIMARY TRAINER was very popular among instructors and students. Photos are of Aircraft displayed at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum. With the exception of the canopy, it's Just like the aircraft owned by BCW.
BT-13/15: Basic Trainer. Used to teach more advanced aerobatics and actual instrument flight. Photos of BT-13 displayed at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum
LINK TRAINER: Used to teach basic instrument flying. Photo is of unit displayed at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum.
AT-6 "THE" advanced trainer for the Army Air Corp.. Fairly easy to fly, and even easier to maintain, this North American Aviation design was used by many Allied air forces during and after WWII. This is the example on display at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum
P-40: Flown by Lt. Palmer at the end of his ADVANCED TRAINING as a HIGH PERFORMANCE TRANSITION AIRCRAFT. Photo is of a P-40 as displayed at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum.
P-39: Roger flew P-39s as a combat tactics trainer. He was taught basic dogfighting and attack skills. This photo is of an example at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum. We were lucky enough to be at the museum while they had several aircraft outside.
P-63: Actually a totally different airframe, the P-63 is a redesigned version of the P-39. It possessed better aerodynamic qualities due to it's laminar flow wing. It was another combat tactics trainer for Roger. He loved how this plane flew. It's perhaps his favorite single engine aircraft that he flew. Photo is of the aircraft at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum. It's displayed as a "PINBALL" target plane.
UC-78/AT-17: A twin engine trainer and cargo plane. Roger apparently had one flight in a UC-78 variant as an introduction to twin engine operations.
P-38: The type aircraft that Roger flew with the 475th FG in the pacific. Roger loved the reliability and the firepower of the Lightning. This is an L model like the LODGER BY GOD mentioned in his bio page. Photo is of the aircraft that is on display at Wright Patterson Air Force Museum.