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Douglas A-4 Skyhawks, North American RA-5C Vigilante and Douglas A-1 Skyraider strike aircraft on the flight deck of the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) of the United States Navy on 31 July 1963 somewhere in the Mediterranean . Photo by Douglas Miller

A-4C Skyhawks 148513, #310, and 149613, #303....

 

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Mitsubishi A5M's courtesy of the net.

 

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At the far end, A-4C Skyhawk A-4C Skyhawk 149513, AB-???....

Source: Internet

 

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Mitsubishi G3M and A6M courtesy of the net.

 

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A Blue Bolt flight of four A-4C Skyhawks over the Mediterranean.A-4C Skyhawks BuNo. 149513, AB-316; BuNo. 148586,
AB-311; BuNo. 147811, AB-301; BuNo. 149564, AB-313. They even painted the Bluebolt insignia on all four aircraft!
Picture taken in late 1967.

USN photograph from Bob Hinckley

 

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Mitsubishi A5M B6N2, and D3A2 courtesy of the net.

 

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Source: Internet

 

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Nakajima J1N1, Yokosuka D4Y2 and H8K2 from the net.

 

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Source: Internet

 

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Training aircraft, a brave soul in a E13A and a clipped eagle from the net.

 

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Photo: Horace Sagnor

 

[Viking1066]

I had no idea the IJN had so many 13s. The lovely net is so kind.

 

[Wayne Little]

I had no idea the IJN had so many 13s. The lovely net is so kind.

They had their fair share...!

 

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[Micdrow]

Here you go Jan, one from the web. You need to build this monster of a plane LOL

 

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Curtiss C 46, c/n 26713 SE-CFD....

Delivery to US Air Force in January 1944 and later transferred to US Navy. Rebuilt by LB Smith Aircraft Corporation and delivered to Transair April 30 1958. Leased by ONU for operations in Congo November 17 1960 until summer 1963 when it returned to Malmö after overhaul in Venice.
A new lease took place from November 29 1963 but this time to the Congo Government and operated under the name Transair Congo. The lease ended June 1964 and the aircraft returned to Malmö. Last service for Transair was July 1965 and after this the aircraft was bought by Torair, and later Fairline.
December 1967 it changed owners again and this time it was Anstalt Wigmo in Leopoldville. The aircraft made its delivery flight to the new owners January 23 1968, with its new registration 9Q-CRP. No more info is known about the aircraft.

Source: Curtiss C46 – Transair Sweden AB

 

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