fubar57
General
Never saw the 13 
. Jim, it was so ugly, they also made an "A" version.
Geo
. Jim, it was so ugly, they also made an "A" version.Geo
If It Can Fly, It Can Float!!!
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Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
Forgot I took a picture on Lake of the Woods of the Beechcraft landing.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Nice material guys.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
I believe that is the only ugly Fokker I've ever seen.
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Nice picture, PBY-5 NZ4017 of 6 Sqn RNZAF, based at Lauthala Bay, Fiji, then Halavo Bay, Solomons from November 1943. Struck off charge in 1951 and most likely scrapped at Hobsonville, Auckland with all the other Kiwi Cats. Note the ASW aerials under its wings and the five symbols on the nose aft of the turret. These showed how many rescue sorties it had performed; these were called 'Dumbo Rescues' and were indicated by a caricature of Dumbo the Elephant. Note also that the beam bubble is open and the .50 is manned and ready. I'd say the pic was probably taken in 1944 whilst the squadron was at Halavo Bay.
The thing was, Capt Vick, sending it to Japan saved it for posterity. If it wasn't shipped to Japan, it would have been scrapped. The US Navy offered it to other museums in the States, who all turned it down. With that, the navy was going to scrap it, but for the curator of the Museum of Maritime Science in Tokyo, who got wind of the fact that the navy was going to dispose of it and put together a package to rescue it. There were a few die hards in the navy who protested that the aircraft was leaving the USA, but didn't have the resources to do anything about it. Its no longer in Tokyo; I'd imagine it was quite a mission to move it again.
I forgot about this one when I wrote about this aircraft. This is the airworthy Cat in New Zealand at Wanaka a number of years back. It's undergoing long term maintenance at present, they're reskinning the top wing and hasn't flown for a number of years. Hopefully it'll be back in the air next year some time.
These two looked better in black and white.
Thanks for the background. If that was the choice, then I wouldn't care if they shipped it to the moon. Still would have been nice to see it in indoor at the Hazy-Udvar though.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
How about the Martin P6M Seamaster
![Martin_P6M_Seamaster[720].jpg](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/martin_p6m_seamaster-720-jpg.262860/ "Martin_P6M_Seamaster[720].jpg")
A shame they where all mostly scrapped... I died a little when I found out.
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
fubar57
General
Would someone explain the bottom -52 photo puleeeze. Is the Hinomaru a squadron marking or did the Japanese get some Spanish aircraft?
Geo
Geo
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Interesting, isn't it?
fubar57
General
Yessir. I've seen a black circle separating numbers in the civil war but never one that was outlined.
Geo
Geo
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Beautiful
