Argentine Navy 1930-80.

[He-178]

what a nice aircraft

 

[Wayne Little]

...

 

[CharlesBronson]

The other "Corsair"

VOUGHT CORSAIR V-65-F

Type: two seat fighter and light bomber

Engine: Pratt Withney Hornet 630 hp

Wingspan: 11,5 lenght : 8 m

Speed: 300 km/h

Armament: 3 fixed Browing 7,62mm, one flexible Madsen 7,62mm, 200 kg bombs.

14 adquired in 1932/33.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Floatplane variant:

- In Campo de Mayo (BA)

- In the River Plata

- In the lake Nahuel Huapi ( province of Rio Negro, Patagonia)

 

[CharlesBronson]

Fokker Super Universal:

Type: transport and liason

Engine Pratt Withney Hornet: 525 hp

Speed: 210 km

Procured; 2 in 1932

Consolidated Fleetster M-17

Type: transport monoplane

Engine Pratt withney Hornet 600 hp

Winspan: 14,3 m

Speeed: 288 km/h

Procured : 2 in 1932

 

[CharlesBronson]

North American AT-6 Texan.

Type: Trainer and light attack

Crew: 2

Engine: 1 x Pratt Withney R-1340 AN-1 9 cilinders 550 HP

Speed: 300 km/h.

Armament. 2 fixed Brownings 7,62mm, 200 kg practice bombs or rockets.

Number Procured: 152 between 1945 and 1955.

 

[CharlesBronson]

A nice find. The arrow marked sailor next to this AT-6 is my father.

 

[Matt308]

!!!Muy excelente!!!

 

[CharlesBronson]

Thank you, One more of the old man next to the navy Texans ( well...he wasnt so old at that time) 4th from the left.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Vought V-142:

Type: Divebomber.

Crew: 2

Engine: 1 x Pratt Withney Twin Wasp 750 HP.

Speed: 325 km/h

Armament: 2 Fixed Brownings 7,62 mm, 2 flexible Madsen 7,65mm. A 227 kg bomb below the fuselage or 4 x 45 kg bombs in wings.

15 purchased in 1937, similar to the U.S navy SBU-2 . The Argentine Navy was so proud of this new type that landed some aircraft in 9 de Julio avenue ( heart of Buenos Aires) and the city docks.

 

[Matt308]

Vought V-142:


15 purchased in 1937, similar to the U.S navy SBU-2 . The Argentine Navy was so proud of this new type that landed some aircraft in 9 de Julio avenue ( heart of Buenos Aires) and the city docks.

Hell yes they were. Imagine the top wing gone and you can see the lines of a modern WWII airplane.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Yup, the performance and armament remembers me the german Henschel Hs 123, but with a rear gunner.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Consolidated PBY-5 catalina:

Type: long range patrol and antisubmarine flying boat

Crew: 5 to 8

Engine 2 x Pratt Whitney R-1830-92 1425 HP

Speed: 280 km/h

Endurance: 15 hours at 200 km/h

Armament: 3 x 0,5 MG, 2000 kg bombs or deep charges.


20 Catalinas bought in Canada in 1946-47.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Over the lakes and mountains of Patagonia.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Martin Mariner PBM-5

Type: long range patrol and antisubmarine flying boat.

Wingspan: 36 meters Lenght: 26 m Max Weight: 32,000kg

Engine: 2 x 18 cilinders Pratt Whitney R-2800-22 2.000 HP

Speed: 390 km/h

Armament: 8 x Brownings 12,7mm Mg, 4000 pounds of bombs/deep charges.

15 bought in 1950-54.

 

[Catch22]

Great info you have posted. The white Corsairs are really sharp looking, and I love the anchors.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Thank you, I am looking for more images of the F4U in argentine service, probably ill be posting on that.

2 more of the Mariners.

 

[timshatz]

Great shots Charles.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Thank you very much.

Grumman F9F-2 Panther

Type: Carrierborne Fighter-bomber

Engine: Pratt Whitney J48-P-4 power 2.840 kg

Speed: 980 km/h

Winspan: 11,6m Weight max: 8842 kg

Armament: 4 Hispano AN-M3 20mm, 1814 kg of bombs or rockets.

26 bought in 1956-58. Several flights near and into the border with Chile due the crisis of 1960. Withdrawn from service in 1968-69.

 

[Matt308]

Okay now you have posted two of my most favorite airplanes ever. The Martin PBM (I think your quoted speed is a little high unless you are quoting perhaps Vmo and then I think its still high) and the F9F Panther. The Panther is the MOST beautiful post war straight wing jet ever built. She is the penultimate of straight wing piston fighter technology mated with jet vision.