Aircraft Help

jc · 20 August 2008, 05:51 AM

I found this sheet of paper rolled up in a tube with pencil drawings of a bi-plane aircraft on it. It is the top view, side and front. Markings: Wings of the biplane; #5 with the 1 stars on each end, side: 3-B-5 US Navy, also has the prop drawings & colors were Yellow & red, tail has some no's.
Question: Anyone know what this might be of ? I think it looks to be a drawing for maybe a model? It's very detailed & it's on a poster size sheet of paper and very old. Where can I go for identification & year?
I would like to tag it but not sure where to start looking for ident.

YavorD · 20 August 2008, 06:09 AM

3-B-5 is aircraft No. 5 from VB-3 Squadron (Bombing Three), USS Saratoga (CV-3), late 1920s or 1930s.
Regards,
Yavor

P.S. Type and USN serial should be written on the fin of the aeroplane, e.g. SBC xxxx.

jc · 20 August 2008, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by YavorD

3-B-5 is aircraft No. 5 from VB-3 Squadron (Bombing Three), USS Saratoga (CV-3), late 1920s or 1930s.
Regards,
Yavor

P.S. Type and USN serial should be written on the fin of the aeroplane, e.g. SBC xxxx.

Looks to read: 8880 BM-1 on tail fin.

YavorD · 20 August 2008, 06:25 AM

You have it.
Martin BM-1 (A)8880 crashed on landing at Hagerstown, MD on March 12, 1938.

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att.net/~jbaugher/firstseries2.html

P.S. For some reason I can not post correct URL

jc · 20 August 2008, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by YavorD

You have it.
att.net/~jbaugher/firstseries2.html" target="_blank">Martin BM-1 (A)8880 crashed on landing at Hagerstown, MD Mar 12, 1938.

THANKS! Now I can tag this. It bothered me for years that it was in a tube cause it is somebodys history, so I hung it in my office the other day. Now I can find the artist's name & see if it was his, his fathers or just interested in this aeroplane?