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Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• invincible dinner said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Aircraft Photos, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Mrs. Virginia Davis, a riveter in the assembly and repair department of the Naval air base, supervises Chas. Potter, a NYA trainee from Michigan, Corpus Christi, Texas. After eight weeks of training he will go into civil service. Should he be inducted or

from The Library of Congress

• perfgeek said:

  Well, if this site is accurate: home.att.net/~jbaugher/thirdseries1.html it suggests the tail section on which they are working is from a Grumman TBF-1 Avenger.

• Gerry Asher said:

  The aircraft is a Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon.

• perfgeek said:

  At first I was unconvinced as I couldn't find any images of an SNC-1 showing that round access hatch, but I did finally find one at: www.wisbechaeroclub.co.uk/Scale Drawings/images/C/Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon/Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon (1).jpg although now I'm left confused about the tail number :)

Feeding an SNC advanced training plane its essential supply of gasoline is done by sailor mechanics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Standing on the wing is Floyd Helphrey who came from Iowa to join the Navy early in the year. At right is W.

from The Library of Congress

• AlexinMontreal said:

  The SNC is the Naval variant of the AT-6 Texan.

• antwharrington said:

  The Naval variant of the Texan was the SNJ, the above aircraft is a Curtiss SNC Falcon.

• Ricardo Barbieri said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Man @ work, and we'd love to have this added to the group!