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R Leonard replied to the thread highest kill ratio.But Greg . . . I know, we've been here before and several times . . . the USN, the guys driving the train, the guys keeping the... -
R Leonard replied to the thread eBay: Chance Vought F4U Corsair.Fleet Air Arm was Royal Navy, not Royal Air Force
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R Leonard replied to the thread SBD dive bombing procedures.The USN flirted with an automatic recovery system in the 1930's. The aviators hated the concept and did not trust it, preferring Mk I...
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R Leonard replied to the thread Did Northrop and Vought Help Design the Zero.And my father's translation of the data plate (I don't even pretend to read or speak Japanese) 1st line: Place of manufacture...
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R Leonard replied to the thread Did Northrop and Vought Help Design the Zero.It was Zero 2 because that was the model type the Intel types thought. USN tail markings also included type . . . sometimes hard to...
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R Leonard replied to the thread Did Northrop and Vought Help Design the Zero.The B/N the USN used for this aircraft was 4593, right off the data plate, see below, and below that some pilot's log entries from...
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R Leonard replied to the thread Did Northrop and Vought Help Design the Zero.ZERO-2?
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R Leonard replied to the thread Did Northrop and Vought Help Design the Zero.This is the famous Koga Zero #4593 completed in February 1942, here in a hangar at NAS San Diego on 28 September 1944. You might note...
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R Leonard replied to the thread Did Northrop and Vought Help Design the Zero.Early F4F-3's has floatation bags as well, but they had a habit of inflating in flight, usually with unfortunate results, so they were...
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R Leonard reacted to EwenS's post in the thread P-51 escort operations in the PTO prior to the capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa? with.The distance from Iwo Jima to targets on central Honshu (Tokyo - Kobe) is in the order of 750 miles. Saipan to Iwo Jima is 723 miles &...
