Surviving Artifacts

from

Kingman Army Air Field:

& Sales-Storage Depot No. 41

Planes:

- THE SUPPLY HANGAR -

(currently under construction)

One of the workers processing the planes at

Sales-Storage Depot No.41

having a lighter moment in

one of Kingman's light bombers...

A 1980's Kingman discovery, the mangled stainless steel assembly below is the

Carburetor Air Scoop Adapter SUPPORT ASSY

from the engine cowl of an A-20 Havoc.

And despite all it's gone through since being

manufactured 60+ years ago in Santa Monica,

California, this remnant from one of Douglas' speedy light bombers still bears an

anonymous factory inspector's directions:

CLEAN FILINGS FROM DOOR

- INSP # 31

Look closely at the lower portion of the image above and you'll be able to make out some of

the faint, handwritten message to one of the

assembly line workers.

Quite amazing, considering the decades of

scorching summers, frigid winters and

countless wind-blown days it spent laying

fully exposed to those extreme elements in

an Arizona junkyard...

Now, all I have is one question...

Who was the Douglas, Santa Monica

inspector with Badge #31?!

photo credits this page:

James Dell,

Depot 41 Photo Archive