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Brandenburg W 20
This little single-seat flying-boat was designed during 1917 for carrying aboard U-boats. It could be dismantled in 1 3/4 min. and stowed into space measuring only 20 ft. X 6 ft.; re-assembly took 2 3/4 min. As the type of submarine for which it was intended never went into service, only three examples of the W 20 were built. The first, No. 1551, had no interplane struts; these members were, however, added to the structure of Nos. 1552-1553, which also had the lower wing increased in span. Engine, 80 h.p. Oberursel UO. Span, 5.8 m. (19 ft. 0 3/8 in.), "1551"; 6.8 m. (22 ft. 3 3/4 in.), "1552/3". Length, 5.91 m. (19 ft. 4 5/8 in.), "1551"; 5.925 m. (19 ft. 5 1/8 in.), "1552/3". Area, 14.95 sq.m. (161 sq.ft.), "1551"; 15.82 sq.m. (171 sq.ft.), "1552/3". Weights: Empty, 396 kg. (871 lb.). Loaded, 568 kg. (1,250 lb.). Climb, 1,000 m. (3,280 ft.) in 14.9 min. Duration, 1 1/4 hr. Armament, none.
 
fubar57 said:
Still a nice shot regardless of the thread. Any story on the Breguet, Aaron?


Geo
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George, I found the photo on Tumblr, it did have a explanation with it. Unfortunately, it has been removed from Tumblr. I believe it to be Finish, if I remember correctly, it ditched on the North Atlantic due to engine trouble and was 150 miles from shore. Some of the detail I'm not sure of such as being from Finland.
 
Good posts, johnbr
It says -

萩原一郎中尉 松本幸政一等兵曹 同乗
昭和十四年六月七日 鎮海攻撃ニ向テ進行中ヲ撮影シタルモノ
航空海上部隊ヨリ紀念トシテ贈與セラレタル写真ナリ
仝日ノ隊長萩原一郎大尉操縦士一等兵曹松本幸政

This picture was taken on June 7, 1939 when Lt. Ichiro Hagiwara and 1st Sgt.Yukimasa Matsumoto flew to attack Zhènhai and was given by Air-naval Forces as a memento.
Received by Captain Ichiro Hagiwara and pilot 1st Sgt.Yukimasa Matsumoto
 
Love that picture of the Curtiss Seahawk. I think there are only a pair of outboard floats left in existance of the whole production run.

Sad... Just like this once proud seabird. Ordered to be cut up just before they became operational, this is all that remains today of the mighty Martin P6M Seamaster.

 
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