Cessna L-19A 50-1327 United States Army converted from the collier USS

converted from the collier USS Jupiter and commissioned as America's first aircraft carrier just months earlier

and conducting casualty evacuation in some of the most demanding terrain and conditions of the entire war

Indiana Air National Guard

operated by the Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS)

and the appearance of RAF roundels and serial codes on a Soviet Yak-9DD represents one of the war's more remarkable instances of Allied interoperability — British aircrew flying Soviet aircraft in support of joint operations that spanned the entire breadth of the European theater

Cessna L-19A 50-1327 United States Army converted from the collier USSThese are 1 72 scale decals for Cessna L 19A Bird Dog 50 1327, assigned to the U. S. Army Aviation School, Camp Rucker, Alabama depicted in its early natural metal scheme as one of the first production Bird Dogs. Camp Rucker (later Fort Rucker, now Fort Novosel) was the home of U. S. Army Aviation and the primary training center for Army pilots and liaison aircraft crews. As an early production L 19A, 50 1327 would have been at the forefront of the