13's.... (8 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

Nord 1101 Ramier '13' 2024 AIRH

 

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Northrop T-38A Talon 13 BS/509 BW AIRH

 

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Seafires Mk.III on deck, HMS Implacable in Sydney, December 1945.

Source: Armoured Aircraft Carriers

 

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SBD-5 Dauntless of the VB-16 (13) flies an antisubmarine patrol low over the USS Washington (BB-56) en route to the invasion of the Gilbert Islands on November 12, 1943....

 

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SBD launch from USS Independence 1943....

 

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SBD-5 Dauntless of the VB-16 (13) flies an antisubmarine patrol low over the USS Washington (BB-56) en route to the invasion of the Gilbert Islands on November 12, 1943....

IMHO that could be "10", Jan. If it would be "13" the second digit of the number on the front of the engine cowling would look different with the angle. But I'm not sure fully.

 

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IMHO that could be "10", Jan. If it would be "13" the second digit of the number on the front of the engine cowling would look different with the angle. But I'm not sure fully.

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Now that's better. With no doubt "13".

 

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Now that's better. With no doubt "13".

Never mess with "13"....or "10"!

 

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Never mess with "13"....or "10"!

True ....

 

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[SaparotRob]

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Can you decode 22-C-13?

 

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Can you decode 22-C-13?

I think that it might be Composite Squadron, VC-22....and this being the "13" in photos earlier taking off.

 

[A4K]

As noted by our eagle-eyed (13 mad) Jan

Parade through the main street of Wanganui, New Zealand, in 1943, with welded-hull M3 Stuart Hybrid NZ14845 'U13' of A Squadron, 2nd Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles (Armoured) leading.

(From 'Camouflage & Markings of the Stuarts in New Zealand Service' by Jeffrey Plowman)

 

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