USAAS McCook Field P-Numbers 1919-1930
In the mid-1950s AAHS member Warren Bodie with the assistance of Ms. Jennie Reeves (custodian of the Wright Field still photo files), Peter M. Bowers, William T. Larkins and John Sloan compiled an index of the aircraft tail numbers (P-number) for McCook Field (and later Wright Field). The period covered was 1918 through 1930. P-numbers were assigned to aircraft used in engineering and research evaluations during this period. Even at this date no one is sure what the “P” represented – plane, project or procurement. Aviation historians and photograph collectors have long noted these identifier numbers painted on the rudders of various aircraft. The original list was published in Vol. 1, No. 4, of the AAHS Journal (October-December 1956). This information has been updated using a number of published references including significant data provided by Drew Taylor derived directly from the airplane records by month for both engineering divisions at McCook and Wright Fields, and further supplemented by Robert Casari.
The following is an updated listing of the McCook Field P-numbers. It includes additional aircraft that were not in the original listing, as well as information regarding the engines installed (in many cases including their Air Service number). A notes column has been added that contains additional information about the aircraft.
| P-No. | A.S. No. | Make | Model | Engine | H.P. | Eng. A.S. No. | Notes | |
![]() | P-501 | 28-218 | Consolidated | XPT-3 | Wright R-790A | 235 | 28-128 | Perf. test 1/29. Slotted flaps removed, tested 2/29-5/29. Run & roll test 7/29. Musselman wheels 9/29. Active 10/29-7/30. Awaiting Wasp Jr. eng. 8/30-10/30. Transferred 2/31. |
![]() | Wright R-790B | 235 | 28-188 | |||||
![]() | P-502 | 27-327 | Curtiss | XP-5 | Curtiss D-12F | 430 | 28-391 | P-5 converted to XP-5. Perf. test 1/29. Destroyed by fire 1/26/29. Awaiting survey 2/29-3/29. Surveyed 3/29. |
![]() | P-503 | 25-440 | Thomas-Morse | XO-6B | P&W R-1340 | 450 | ||
![]() | P-504 | 27-202 | Boeing | PW-9D | Curtiss D-12 | 435 | ||
![]() | P-505 | 28-73 | Loening | OA-1C | Allison V-1650 | 435 | 28583 | Active 1/29-3/29. Overhaul engine 4/29-6/29. Loaned to Scott Field 7/29. Awaiting transfer 9/29. Transferred 10/29. |
![]() | P-506 | 28-348 | Stout (Ford) | C-3 | Wright J-5AA Wright J-5C Wrigh | 200 200 200 | 28-8 27-32 28-16 | A commercial 4-AT-B, NC3334. Special transport 1/29-6/29. Awaiting transfer 7/29. Transferred 7/29. |
![]() | P-507 | 28-359 | Boeing | XP-8 | Packard 2A-1500 | 600 | 26-9 | Cost $15,000, inverted engine. Awaiting decision on transfer/survey 4/29-5/29. Awaiting Survey 6/29-7/29. Surveyed Wright Field 7-8/29. |
![]() | P-508 | 26-280 | Curtiss | P-1A | Curtis D-12D Curtiss D-12E | 430 430 | 27-147 29-461 | Active 1/29-3/29. Installed 430hp D12E 3/29. Machine gun & Bombing Range 4/29. Cracked aviation gas 5/29-9/29, Radio-generator tests 10/29-6/30. |
![]() | XP-1A | Curtis D-12D Curtiss D-12E | 430 430 | 27-147 29-461 | Designated XP-1A 12/29. Awaiting Survey 7/30-8/30. Surveyed 8/30. | |||
![]() | P-509 | 28-2 | Keystone | XLB-5A | 2 x Liberty 12 | 400 400 | 4654XYG 28224YG | Delivered to Wright Field 2/10/28. Automatic release handle 1/29-9/29. Awaiting transfer to FAID for wing repair 10/29. Transferred 10/29. |
![]() | P-510 | 28-229 | Consolidated | XO-17 | Wright R-790-B | 235 | 28-258 | Converted PT-3. Active 1/29-7/30. Waiting for Wasp Jr. 8/30-10/30 (not installed). Active 11/30-1/31. Awaiting transfer 2/31-3/31. Transferred 3/31. |
![]() | P-511 | 27-246 | Curtiss | XA-3 | Curtiss D-12E | 430 | 27-361 | Synchronizer test 1/29-3/29. Gunnery 4/29-5/29. Armament test 6/29-9/29. Holt Flare 9/10-9/11. Wiped out in landing accident, Port Columbus Airport, OH, 11/2/1929. |
![]() | P-512 | 25-403 | Douglas | O-2A | Liberty V-1650-1 | 400 | 77768YG | Incidental 1/29-7/29. Transferred 7-8/29. |
![]() | P-513 | 28-317 | Consolidated | XO-17A | Wright J-5C | 200 | 27-31 | Incidental 1/29-5/29. |
![]() | Wright R-790B | 235 | 28-217 | R-790B installed 5/29. Incidental 5/29-3/30. | ||||
![]() | XPT-8 | Packard DR-980 | 225 | 30-431 | Packard DR-980 diesel installed 4/30 and plane re-designated XPT-8. Performance test 4/30-9/30. Returned to Packard factory 11/30-12/30. Incidental 1/31-9/31. Transferred to Brooks 9/31. | |||
![]() | P-514 | 26-420 | Douglas | O-2D | Liberty V-1650-1 | 400 | 28794 | Air-cooled stacks 1/29-3/29. Transferred 3/29. Transported to Kelly Field. |
![]() | P-515 | 27-263 | Curtiss | XO-18 | Liberty V-1650-1 | 420 | With CurtissV-1150-1 435hp engine, converted to XO-18 with Curtiss 600hpH-1640-1 eng., & then back to an O-1B. | |
![]() | P-516 | 28-40 | Boeing | PW-9D | Curtiss D-12D | 430 | 27-441 | Perf. test 1/29. Incidental 2/39-10/29. Awaiting survey 11/29. In storage at FAD to be given to a university 2/30. Transferred 2/30. |
![]() | P-517 | 28-42 | Curtiss | AT-5A/AT-5 | Wright J-5BA | 200 | 28-176 | Intake stacks 1/29-7/29. Designated AT-5 12/29. Active 1/30. No engine 2/30-3/30. |
![]() | P-1F | Curtiss V-1150E | 430 | 25-112 | Converted to P-1F with Curtiss V-1150E 4/30. Incidental 5/30-1/31. Transferred 1/31. | |||
![]() | P-518 | 27-102? | Curtiss | O-11 | Liberty V-1650 | 420 | ||
![]() | P-519 | 23-1251 | Douglas | XO-2 | Liberty 12A | 400 | 32444YG | Aerodynamic test 1/29-4/29. Incidental 5/29-9/29. Being surveyed 10/29-11/29. Surveyed 11/29. |
![]() | P-520 | 28-41 | Boeing | XP-7 | Curtiss V-1570 | 27-50 | Incidental (Armament) 1/29-3/29. Transferred 3/29. | |
![]() | P-521 | 25-383 | Douglas | O-2B | Liberty 12A | 400 | 28872YG | Incidental (1/29-11/29. Transferred 11/29. |
![]() | P-522 | 28-119 | Atlantic | C-2A | Wright J-5BA | 225 | 28-237 28-238 28-241 | Navigational School 2/19-4/29. Special transport 5/29. Performance test 6/29. Navigational school 7/29-11/29. No engines 12/29-1/2/30. |
![]() | C-7 | Wright R-975 (J-6) | 300 | 29-785 29-784 29-757 | J-6s replaced J-5BAs, plane designation changed to C-7 1/30. Incidental 2/30-5/30. Radio 6/30. Transferred 6/30. | |||
![]() | P-523 | 27-71 | Curtiss | XP-1B | Curtiss D-12D | 430 | 27-152 | Skin type radiator 2/29-4/29. High temp cooling 5/29-7/29. At FAD for overhaul 11/29-12/29. Power Plant tests 1/30-12/30. Heinrich radiator 4/31-6/31. |
![]() | P-524 | 28-189 | Curtiss | XP-3A | P&W R-1340-1 | 410 | 27-468 | NACA cowling tests 1/29-8/29. High speed & climb 9/29-8/31. Raced in 1929 NAR. |
![]() | XP-21 | P&W R-985 | 300 | 30-941 | Converted to XP-21 in 11/30 by installing 300hp P & W R-985. Transferred 5/31. | |||
![]() | P-525 | 619 | Douglas | O-2C | Liberty V-1650-1 | 435 | 28982YG | Oleo landing gear 1/29-3/29. Incidental, 6/29. Awaiting survey 7/29-11/29. Being surveyed, awaiting L.C. 2/30. Transferred 2/30. |
![]() | P-526 | 26-296 | Curtiss | P-1A | Curtiss D-12C | 430 | 25-109 | The former P-444 after installation of a Curtiss D-12C engine. Later had 430hp V-1150E s/n 29-457. In Armament Branch, some machine gun practice 4/29-6/29. Cracked aviation gas test 7/29. In Armament Branch 7/29-1/30. Active 2/30-7/30. Transferred about 8/30. |
![]() | P-527 | 29-38 | Consolidated | PT-3A | Wright J-5 | 220 | 26-819 | Perf. test 1/29. Incidental 2/29-4/29. Transferred 4/29. |
![]() | P-528 | 28-293 | Consolidated | XPT-4 | Carminez 447-C | Mfr. 450 | Perf. test 1/29-3/29. Transferred 3/29. | |
![]() | P-529 | 29-179 | Douglas | O-2K | Liberty 12A | 400 | 77357 | Perf. test 1/29. At Douglas plant 4/29. Held as special ship 6/29-8/29. On loan to Bolling 9/29-12/29. Transferred to FAID (awaiting L.C.) 3/30. |
![]() | BT-1 | Liberty (V-1650A) | 400 | 17577YG | Re-designated BT-1 4/30. Incidental 5/30-2/31. Variable pitch prop 3/30. Transferred 8/30. | |||
![]() | P-530 | 27-177 | Consolidated | XPT-5 | Curtiss R-600 | 175 | 29-282 | Converted from XPT-3 with eng. change ca. 12/28.. Perf. test 1/29-3/29. Transferred 3/29. |
![]() | P-531 | 28-195 | Keystone | XO-15 | Wright R-790-B | 28-246 | Perf. test 4/29. Incidental 5/29. Awaiting transfer 6/29-7/29. Transferred ca. 8/29. | |
![]() | P-532 | 27-276 | Curtiss | O-1B (Spec.) | Curtiss D-12E | 435 | 28-376 | Perf. test 5/29. Incidental 6/29-7/29. Transferred 8/29. Returned to McCook 1/30. Incidental 2/30. Surveyed, destroyed by fire 3/18/30. |
![]() | P-533 | 25-362 | Douglas | O-2 | Liberty V-1650A | 400 | 25840YG | Incidental 1/29-2/30. Awaiting transfer to Kelly Field 2/30. Not listed 3/30. |
![]() | P-534 | 25-407 | Douglas | O-2 | Liberty V-1650A | 400 | 33334YG | Incidental 1/29-2/30. Awaiting Transfer to Kelly Field 3/30. Surveyed - destroyed by fire 3/18/30. |
![]() | P-535 | 29-158 | Douglas | O-2H | Liberty V-1650A | 400 | 26735YG | Performance test 1/29-3/29. 7/29 Gen. Foulois. Bendix wheel and brakes testing 10/29-12/29. Landing lights 1/30-4/30, listed as XO-2H. Transferred to FAD for overhaul 5/30. |
![]() | P-536 | 29-161 | Douglas | O-2H | Liberty 12A | 400 | 27583YG | Incidental 1/29-1/30. Enclosed tail skid spring 2/30-4/30. Landing lights 7/30-11/30. Awaiting transfer 2/31. Transferred 2/31. |
![]() | P-537 | 29-227 | Curtiss | P-1C | Curtiss D-12E | 430 | 29-401 | Perf. test 2/29-5/29. High temp. cooling 6/29-8-29. Waiting survey 9/29-11/29. Survey 11/29. |
![]() | P-538 | 29-164 | Douglas | O-2H | Liberty 12A | 400 | 28808FG | Incidental 2/29-5/29. At Douglas Plant to convert to O-25 5/29. Conversion completed 8/29 and plane re-designated O-25 P-560 8/29. |
![]() | P-539 | 28-194 | Douglas | XO-14 | Wright R-790-B | 220 | 28-250 | Perf. test 4/29. Armament test 5/29. Awaiting transfer 6/29-7/29. Transferred 7-9/29. |
![]() | P-540 | 28-388 | Keystone | LB-7 | P&W R-1690 | 525 525 | 28-462 28-468 | Delivered to Wright field 2/9/29. Perf. test 4/29. To be transferred to P&W for installation of R-1860 engs. 5/29. Converted to LB-12 with 2ea. P&W R1690 engs. & assigned P-555. |
![]() | LB-12 | P&W R-1690 | 525 525 | Converted to LB-12 with 2ea. P&W R1690 engs. & assigned P-555. | ||||
![]() | P-541 | Never on Wright Field records. | ||||||
![]() | P-542 | 27-330 | Curtiss | P-5 | Curtiss D12F | 435 | 27-371 | Turbo-supercharged. Perf. test 5/29-12/29. Transferred 8/29. |
![]() | P-543 | 28-401 | Thomas-Morse | O-19 | P&W R-1340 | 500 | 27-459 | Perf. test 4/29. Armament test 5/29-6/29. Perf. test 7/29. |
![]() | P&W R-1340C | 29-328 | Experimental engine R-1340C installed 8/29 “for AC2622.” Transferred 9/29. | |||||
![]() | P&W SR-1340C | 450 | 29-328 | Incidental with SR-1340C 5/30-7/30. Transferred 7/30. | ||||
![]() | P-544 | 29-354 | Boeing | XP-12 | P&W R-1340C | 410 | 29-298 | P-12 re-designated XP-12. Perf. test 5/29-9/29. |
![]() | P&W R-1340 | 450 | 29-313 | Eng. s/n 29-313 installed 10/29, initial flight test 10/29-4/30. | ||||
![]() | P&W SR1340C | 450 | 29-857 | 450 hp P&W SR1340D installed 5/30. Clothing & oxygen equipment 6/30-5/31. SR1340C eng. installed 6/31, High Alt. Equip. & Radio. Transferred 7/31. | ||||
![]() | P-545 | 28-126 | Fokker Atlantic | XC-2A | 3 x Wright R-975A | 300 300 300 | 29-675 29-676 20-677 | To be designated XC-2B 4/29. |
![]() | C-7 | Designated C-7, 5/29. Performance test 5/29-7/29. | ||||||
![]() | XC-7A | Designation changed to XC-7 7/29. Awaiting transfer 9/29-11/1/29. Transferred 11/29. | ||||||
![]() | P-546 | 29-362 | Boeing | XP-12A | P&W R-1340 | 450 | 29-304 | Destroyed mid-air collision with another P-12 5/19/29, 4 total hours flying time. Awaiting survey, crashed 6/29. Awaiting survey 7/29. Surveyed 7-8/29. |
![]() | P-547 | 29-323 | Vought | O-28 | P&W R-1340C | 450 | 29-321 | Perf. test 6/29-7/29. Experimental Eng. breather 10/29-3/30. Surveyed -destroyed by fire 3/18/30. |
![]() | P-548 | 29-235 | Fairchild | XC-8 | P&W R-1340C | 450 | 29-707 | Photography work 6/29-5/30 |
![]() | XF-1 | P&W SR-1340C | 450 | 29-857 | Engine changed to SR-1340C & plane re-designated XF-1 4/30. Crashed 5/20/30. Awaiting Survey at MAD 6-7/30, engine at FAID. | |||
![]() | P-549 | ? | ||||||
![]() | P-550 | 27-189 | Boeing | PW-9C | Curtiss D-12D | 435 | 26-787 | Incidental 7/29-5/30. Transferred 5/30. |
![]() | P-551 | 25-405 | Douglas | O-2C | Liberty 12 | 400 | 44690YG | Incidental 7/29-10/29. Transferred 10/29. |
![]() | P-552 | 28-398 | Curtiss | B-2 | 2 x Curtiss GV-1570-7 | 600 600 | 28-496 28-497 | Initial flight test at Langley 7/29. Exhaust manifold at McCook 9/29. Awaiting transfer on receipt of 3-blade props 10/29. Surveyed March Field, Cailf., 3-Oct-1934 for FWT. Was used in the Western Zone during Air Mail crises, assigned to 11th Bombardment SQ, March Field. |
![]() | P-553 | 26-420 | Douglas | O-2D | Liberty V-1650A | 400 | 26219YG | Incidental 7/29-2/30. Awaiting transfer to Kelly Field 3/30. With air-cooled stakes, transported to Kelly Field 3/30. |
![]() | P-554 | 29-220 | Stout (Ford) | C-9 | 3 x Wright R-975-A | 300 300 300 | 29-683 29-686 29-691 | Perf. test 7/29. Automatic control 11/29. Equipment test 12/29. Navigation equipment 2/30. Transferred 2/30. |
![]() | P-555 | 28-388 | Keystone | LB-12 | 2 x P&W R-1690 | 575 575 | 29-29 29-30 | Converted from LB-7 P-540 to LB-12 at P&W 27/6/29. Perf. test 7/29. Wrecked Osborn OH 8/30/29. Awaiting survey 9/29-11/29. Surveyed 11/29. |
![]() | P-556 | ? | O-2H? | |||||
![]() | P-557 | ? | ||||||
![]() | P-558 | 27-267 | Curtiss | O-1C | Curtiss D-12D | 430 | 27-315 | Major Gen. Foulois aircraft 9/29-3/30. Destroyed by fire 3/18/30. |
![]() | P-559 | 29-453 | Thomas-Morse | XP-13 | Curtiss H-1640 | 600 | 28-401 | XP-13 perf. test 9/29-4/30. Eng. in Power Plant 5/30-6/30. P&W SR-1340C installed & plane re-designated XP-13A 6/30. Perf. Test 9/30. Awaiting survey 11/30. Surveyed 11/30. |
![]() | XP-13A | Curtiss SR-1640C | 450 | 29-310 | ||||
![]() | P-559 | 29-453 | Thomas-Morse | XP-13 | Curtiss H-1640 | 600 | 28-401 | XP-13 perf. test 9/29-4/30. Eng. in Power Plant 5/30-6/30. |
![]() | XP-13A | Curtiss SR-1640C | 450 | 29-310 | P&W SR-1340C installed & plane re-designated XP-13A 6/30. Perf. Test 9/30. Awaiting survey 11/30. Surveyed 11/30. | |||
![]() | P-560 | 29-164 | Douglas | O-25 | Curtiss GV-1570 | 600 | 28-490 | Former P-538 after conversion to O-25 8/29. Perf. Test 9/29. Prestone cooling 10/29-11/29. |
![]() | XO-25A | Curtisss GIV-1570 | 600 | 28-491 | At Douglas factory 12/29; converted to XO-25A with GIV-1570. Double voltage generator 1/30-4/31. | |||
![]() | Curtiss GIV-1579C | 600 | 30-949 | Equipped with GIV-1570C engine 6/31. Heinrich radiator 11/31-12/31. | ||||
![]() | P-561 | 28-402 | Thomas-Morse | YO-20 | P&W R-1690-1 | 525 | ||
![]() | P-562 | 29-352 | Thomas-Morse | YO-23 | Curtiss V-1570 | 600 | 29-159 | Assigned Gen. Foulois 5/30. Incidental 6/30-3/31. Awaiting Transfer 4/31. Transferred 4/31. |
![]() | P-563 | 29-27 | Keystone | LB-10 | Wright R-1750B | 525 | 29-81 | Delivered to Wright Field 7/16/29. Perf. test 9/29. Awaiting transfer 10/29. Transferred 10/29. Wrecked Pan American airport, Miami FL 11/12/29. Converted to XLB-10. |
![]() | Wright R-1750B | 525 | 29-82 | |||||
![]() | P-564 | 29-115 | Consolidated | PT-3A | Wright R-790B | 235 | 28-261 | Incidental 9/29-5/30. Transferred 5/30. |
![]() | P-565 | 29-12 | Keystone | LB-6 | 2 x Wright R-1750B | 525 525 | 29-75 29-80 | Delivered to Wright Field 7/16/29. Performance test at McCook 9/29-12/29. Power Plant test 1/30-8/30. Performance 9/30-11/30. Awaiting transfer 12/30. Transferred 12/30. |
![]() | P-566 | 26-212 | Loening | XO-10 | Wright V-1460 | 480 | 28-504 | Perf. test 9/29-11/29. Awaiting transfer to factory; development V-1460 engine 12/29. Transferred 1/30. |
![]() | P-567 | 30-88 | Fleet | XPT-6 | Kenner K-5 | 100 | 30-29 | Initial fight test 9/29. Incidental 10/29. Transferred 10/29. |
![]() | P-568 | 29-218 | Douglas | O-32 | P&W R-1340B | 450 | 29-295 | Converted from O-2K 1930. Perf. test 9/30. Assigned to Maj. Fickel 9/29-4/30. Transferred 4/30. Converted to BT-2 1930. |
![]() | P-569 | 29-370 | Thomas-Morse | O-19A | P&W SR-1340C | 450 | 29-323 | Armament changes 9/29. Transfer to Thomas Morse factory 10/29. Incidental 4/30-7/30. Transferred 7/30. |
![]() | P-570 | 25-292 | Consolidated | PT-1 | Wright E | 180 | 49362 | (McCook Airplane Records beginning Jan. 1930 mis-identify it as an XPT-1.) Parachute Project 9/29-7/31. Transferred 7/31. |
![]() | P-571 | 29-224 | Stout (Ford) | C-9 | 3x Wright R-975A | 300 300 300 | 29-688 29-705 29-696 | Assigned to Navigation School 9/29-11/29. On loan to Bolling Field 12/29. Transferred to Selfridge Field 1/31. |
![]() | P-572 | 27-73 | Curtiss | P-1B/XP-1B | Curtiss D-12E | 430 | 29-412 | Wing guns 9/29-10/29 & 3/30-4/30. Wing guns, designation changed to XP-1B 11/29. Transferred 4/30. |
![]() | P-573 | 27-82 | Curtiss | P-1B | Curtiss D-12D | 430 | 27-156 | Former P-460 re-designated P-573 in 1929. Incidental 10/29-6/30. |
![]() | Curtiss D-12E | 430 | 29-479 | Engine changed to D-12E 6/30. Incidental 7/30-8/30. | ||||
![]() | Curtiss D-12D | 430 | Engine changed to D12D. Incidental 9/30-12/30. | |||||
![]() | P-574 | 26-288 | Curtiss | P-1A | Curtiss D-12D | 430 | 26-795 | Incidental 10/20-11/29. Transferred 12/29-2/30. Incidental 3/30-7/30. D-12E (V-1150E) installed 7/30. Incidental 8/30-11/30. To be transferred to FAD for overhaul 12/30. Transferred 12/30. |
![]() | Curtiss D-12E | 430 | 27-315 | |||||
![]() | P-575 | 28-403 | Thomas-Morse | XO-21 | Curtiss H-1640 | 600 | 28-405 | Perf. test awaiting engine 10/29-1/30. Perf. test 2/30-6/30. R-1750C installed 6/30, re-designated XO-21A. |
![]() | XO-21A | Wright R-1750C | 525 | 29-41 | R-1750C installed 6/30, re-designated XO-21A. | |||
![]() | XO-21A | Wright R-1750E | 525 | 30-130 | R-1750E installed 8/30. Assigned Materiel /Div. 9/30-11/30. Dispose of 7/31. | |||
![]() | P-576 | 29-184 | Douglas | O-29 | P&W R1690 | 525 | 28-485 | Perf. test 10/29-11/29. R-1820E installed & designation changed to Y1O-29A 9/30. |
![]() | Y1O-29 | Wright R1750B | 525 | 29-95 | Incidental 12/29-12/31 with following changes. Wright R-1750B installed 12/29. Designation changed to Y1O-29 5/30. Awaiting transfer to FAD for overhaul 7/30. Without engine 8/30-10/30. | |||
![]() | Y1O-29A | Wright R1820E | 575 | 31-746 | R1820E removed & installed in B-3A 1/31; P-577 engineless 2/31-3/31. Wright R1820E installed 5/31. | |||
![]() | O-29A | Re-designated O-29A 8/31. Engine sent to FAD 12/31. | ||||||
![]() | P-577 | 29-371 | Douglas | O-22, XO-22 | P&W R-1340C | 450 | 29-370 | O-22 perf. test 10/29-2/30. Designated XO-22 & engine s/n 29-327designated SR-1340C 2/30. |
![]() | XYO-22 | P&W SR-1340C | 450 | 30-70 | Designated XYO-22 4/30-8/31. Engine returned to R-1340C s/n 30-54 in 9/31. Radio Equipment test 3/30-12/31. Listed as XO-22 9/31-12/31. | |||
![]() | P-578 | 29-452 | Curtiss | XC-10 | Warner R-420-1 | 110 | 29-334 | Curtiss Robin. Aerial torpedo 3/30-12/31. Used for radio control a/c test program. |
![]() | P-579 | 29-238 | Curtiss | P-1C/ XP-1C | Curtiss D-12D | 430 | 28-323 | Prestone cooling 11/29-6/31. Re-designated XP-1C 11/29 to 5/31. |
![]() | Curtiss D-12E | 430 | 27-357 | D-12E installed 1/30. | ||||
![]() | P-1C | Curtiss D-12E | 430 | 27-357 | Re-designated P-1C 5-6/30. Transferred 6/30. | |||
![]() | P-580 | 29-260 | Curtiss | XP-6 | Curtiss V-1570-17 | 600 | 29-155 | XP-6 perf. test 11/29-10/30. |
![]() | XP-6A | Curtiss V-1570A | 600 | 29-158 | Converted to XP-6A with V-1570A 11/30. F-2 supercharger installed 3/31-4/31. | |||
![]() | XP-6D | Curtiss V-1570C | 600 | 30-972 | V-1570C engine with F-2A side-type supercharger installed 5/31 & plane re-designated XP-6D. Testing 5/31-12/31. | |||
![]() | P-581 | 28-160 | Douglas | O-2H | Liberty | 400 | 90703YG | Incidental 1/29-6/30. Surveyed 6/30. |
![]() | P-582 | 29-29 | Curtiss | XB-2 | 2 x Curtiss GV-1570 | 630 630 | 28-494 28-495 | A production B-2 of 1929 identified in McCook records as the XB-2. Eng. s/n’s vary. Perf. test 11/29-3/30. Armament, Electrical conduits 6/30-4/31. Armament, L-1 & C-4 bombsights 5/31-8/31. Not listed 9/31-10/31. Automatic pilot test 11/31-12/31. |
![]() | P-583 | 28-216 | Curtiss | O-11 | Liberty V-1650A | 400 | 26568YG | Incidental 12/29-6/30. Intended for National Guard. |
![]() | P-584 | 29-9 | Keystone | XLB-8 | 2 x P&W GR-1860 | 575 575 | 29-32 29-33 | Seventeenth LB-7 with geared engine. Delivered to Wright Field 11/6/29 & converted to XLB-8 12/11/29. Perf. test 12/29-2/30. Vibration Investigation 3/30-4/30. Perf. test 5/30-10/30. Parachutes 11/30-3/31. Destroyed Wright Field 3/18/31. Surveyed 4/31 |
![]() | P-585 | 28-200 | Curtiss | O-11 | Liberty V-1650B | 400 | 23-472YG | Incidental 12/29-6/30. Surveyed 6/30. Intended for National Guard service |
![]() | P-586 | 29-263 | Curtiss | XP-6 | Curtiss V-1570 | 600 | 29-166 | Was a P-1A with XPW-8A wings for a race project. In Power Plant area 1/30-11/30. V-1570A installed 10/30. Converted to P-6A 11/30. Transferred 2/31. |
![]() | P-6A | Curtiss V-1570A | 600 | 29-156 | ||||
![]() | P-587 | 29-282 | Curtiss | O-1E | Curtiss V1159E | 430 | 29-708 | Initial flight test 2/30. Incidental 3/30. Destroyed by fire 3/18/30. |
![]() | P-588 | 29-406 | Sikorsky | C-6 | 2 x P&W R-1340C | 450 450 | 29-336 29-337 | McCook records list it as XC-6, Baugher shows as XC-6 redesignated as C-6. Performance test 2/30. Destroyed by fire 3/18/30. Surveyed. |
![]() | P-589 | 30-421 | Consolidated | XNY-2 | Wright R-975 | 300 | 30-1104 | A Navy plane. “Guggenheim.” Assigned to Fog Flying 2/30-4/31. Transferred 4/31. (An incorrect unofficial list says it was a Navy XN3Y-1 s/n 8273. XN3Y-1 was actually s/n 8283.) |
![]() | P-590 | 29-259 | Curtiss | XP-6B | Curtiss V-1570 | 600 | 29-186 | Incidental 2/30-10/30. Long-range fuel tanks (250-gal). Transferred 10/30. |
![]() | P-591 | 30-196 | Douglas | O-32A | P&W R-1340C | 450 | 29-809 | Perf. test 3/30. Incidental 4/30-6/30. |
![]() | BT-2A | Designation changed from O-32A to BT-2A 3/30. Assigned to Lt. Col. Fickel 7/30-8/30 & to Chief Materiel Div. 9/30-10/30. Incidental 11/30-12/31. | ||||||
![]() | P&W R-1340D | 450 | 31-647 | Engine changed to R-1340D 8/31. | ||||
![]() | P-592 | 29-329 | Boeing | P-12B | P&W SR-1340C | 450 | 29-823 | Perf. test 3/30-4/30. Incidental 5/30-6/30. Dicks steel prop 7/30. |
![]() | XP-12B | P&W SR-1340E | 500 | 30-838 | SR-1349E installed 7/30. Ski installation 9/30. Designation changed to P-12B 10/30. Incidental 10/30-2/31. | |||
![]() | XP-12D | P&W SR-1340E | 500 | 30-838 | Designation changed from P-12B to P-12D 3/31. Vapor lock investigation 3/31-6/31. | |||
![]() | XP-12B | P&W R-1340D | 450 | 31-1099 | Supercharged 450hp R-1340D installed 9/31 & plane re-designated XP-12B; engine test 9/31-12/31. | |||
![]() | XP-12G | P&W Y1SR-1340G | Converted to XP-12G, also tested with P&W Y1SR-1340G, both with turbosupercharger and ring cowling; converted back to P-12B after testing. | |||||
![]() | P-593 | 29-373 | Douglas | XO-34 | Curtiss GIV-1570 | 600 | 28-492 | Third O-22, with geared engine. Perf. test 4/30. Assigned to Armament, engine in Power Plant 5/30-11/30. |
![]() | XYO-34 | Curtiss GIV-1570 | 600 | 30-291 | Engine changed to s/n 30-291 & designation changed to XYO-34 9/30. Armament 12/30. No engine, awaiting disposition 1/31. | |||
![]() | P-594 | ? | ||||||
![]() | P-595 | 30-001 | Curtiss | A-3B | Curtiss V-1150E | 430 | 30-1 | Assigned to Wright field 2/24/30. Perf. test 4/30. Assigned to Gen. Foulois 5/30-7/30, to Gen. Pratt 8/30, & to Chief, Materiel Div. 9/30. Designated O-1F 7/30. Active 10/30-12/30. Transferred 1/31. Converted to O-1E. Surveyed at Wright School, Buffalo, N.Y. 2/25/38. |
![]() | P-596 | 27-277 | Curtiss | O-1B | Curtiss V-1150D | 430 | 27-125 | Incidental 4/30. |
![]() | Curtiss V-1150E | 430 | 29-401 | V-1150E installed 4/30. Transferred to MAD 4/30. | ||||
![]() | P-597 | 29-407 | Fokker | XC-7A | 3x Wright R-975A | 300 300 300 | 29-748 29-749 290-750 | Incidental 5/30-7/30. Transferred 7/30. |
![]() | P-598 | 30-91 | Thomas-Morse | XO-19B | P&W R-1340C | 450 | 30-188 | Perf. test 4/1/30-6/30. Transferred 6/30. |
![]() | P-599 | 30-371 | Mohawk | XPT-7 | Kinner K-5 | 90 | 30-433 | Perf. test 4/30-5/30. Aerodynamics testing 6/30-8/30. Transferred 8/30. 1933 Performance test, findings were a/c didn’t meet Air Corps/Dept of Commerce standards; a/c was subsequently used in 1932/33 for additional testing as low-wing monoplane and air-metering shock struts. |
![]() | P-598 | 30-91 | Thomas-Morse | XO-19B | P&W R-1340C | 450 | 30-188 | Perf. test 4/1/30-6/30. Transferred 6/30. |
![]() | P-599 | 30-371 | Mohawk | XPT-7 | Kinner K-5 | 90 | 30-433 | Perf. test 4/30-5/30. Aerodynamics testing 6/30-8/30. Transferred 8/30. 1933 Performance test, findings were a/c didn’t meet Air Corps/Dept of Commerce standards; a/c was subsequently used in 1932/33 for additional testing as low-wing monoplane and air-metering shock struts. |
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References
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“McCook Field P-Numbers,” AAHS Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1956, pp. 147-157.
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Aerofiles.com, Aircraft A-Z.
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“1908-1921 USAAS Serial Numbers” and “1922-1929 USAAS Serial Numbers,” JoeBaugher.com.
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“McCook Field – Airplane Records, February 1, 1922,” Skyways, No. 3, July 1987, pp. 14-23.
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“McCook Field P-Numbers, Part II,” Skyways, No. 5, January 1988, pp. 45-51.
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Unpublished data from Drew Taylor derived from the McCook Field aircraft record cards.
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Unpublished data from Robert Casari derived from the McCook Field aircraft record cards.
American Aviation Historical Society