Non-US carrier aircraft on US carriers

[Admiral Beez]

Fairey Swordfish on USS Wasp.

Fairey Swordfish on USS Wasp elevator April 1942 | World War Photos

 

[Admiral Beez]

A6M Zeros on USS Copahee (CVE-12)

Photos - Colourised Images of WW2 & earlier conflicts

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Spitfire taking off from the USS Wasp on one of its "stings":

ETA: Note the Wildcat stowed ahead of the bridge.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Spitfire taking off from the USS Wasp on one of its "stings":

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ETA: Note the Wildcat stowed ahead of the bridge.

Nice. I'd like to see one land onto Wasp, hooked variant of course.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Nice. I'd like to see one land onto Wasp, hooked variant of course.

They were only ever craned aboard that particular ship, iirc.

 

[Admiral Beez]

They were only ever craned aboard that particular ship, iirc.

Some other great Wasp pics

 

[wuzak]

Nice. I'd like to see one land onto Wasp, hooked variant of course.

I believe one did, after its slipper tank failed.

 

[cammerjeff]

another Picture of the USS Copahee with a load of A6m's

USS Bogue (CVE-9) in late 1945 sits a rare trophy, one of only two Tachikawa Ki-77 long-range aircraft ever built

source wwii.wordpress.com

 

[SaparotRob]

That's the first time I've seen HIJMS (USS?) Nagato raising steam in that condition. It is Nagato, right?

 

[vikingBerserker]

I dont think it is, I think she had a large pagoda mast at this point. I looks like an old American cruiser to me.

 

[SaparotRob]

At the top of the picture, it looks like the main mast has been chopped off in a very distinctive pattern. Problem is, it's too close to the top edge of the picture for me to be sure. HIJMS Nagato had a very distinctive bow and funnel but the picture is from the stern. That's the only way I can tell it from the other IJN BB's, except the Yamatos.

 

[SaparotRob]

The more I look at the shape of the hull, though, it does seem to say cruiser.

 

[cammerjeff]

The shape of the Hull says Heavy Cruiser, 2 gun superimposed rear turrets, looks to be 2 stacks, my best guess would be one of the HMS London class.

 

[SaparotRob]

Didn't make out the forward stack. From what I could make out of it I thought was part of a pagoda mast.

 

[nuuumannn]

That's the first time I've HIJMS (USS?) Nagato raising steam in that condition. It is Nagato, right?

Yeah, I think you're right, it's definitely not a British cruiser, it's too big. You can see people next to the gun turrets. Take a look at this image, I would say it is the fabled American battleship USS Nagato...

Nagato09cropped - Japanese battleship Nagato - Wikipedia

 

[SaparotRob]

Thank heavens someone else sees it too.

 

[SaparotRob]

Now we all know I don't look stuff up but I had to check out Wikipedia for pictures of Nagato. While looking around at everything but the Nagato, I actually found an error on the "frequently asked" part. How many battleships survived WW2? was the question. Their answer was 4. I count at least 6.

 

[R Leonard]

Looks like Nagato to me .

 

[pararaftanr2]

During Operation Dragoon, the invasion of Southern France, a RN Swordfish made an emergency landing on the USN CVE-72, USS Tulagi, but ended up in the barrier, so didn't stay aboard for long.



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[cammerjeff]

Looks like Nagato to me .

After doing some internet research I changed my opinion and I think it is Nagato in the Picture I posted. It making steam makes sense as it sailed most of the way to Bikini.