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[Viking1066]

Saab B-17 was a conventional mid-wing cantilever monoplane AIRW

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots!

 

[Viking1066]

Dornier Do 26 preparing to be launched from the catapult ship Friesenland in 1939 FACB

 

[Viking1066]

German Do 24 aircraft in Romania, circa 1941 BUND

 

[Viking1066]

F4F 3S Wildcatfish on Floats profile photo 3 ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp Bethpage Long Island New York 1941 photo 2 ASBIZ

 

[SaparotRob]

F4F 3S Wildcatfish on Floats profile photo 3 ASBIZ
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Was this plane converted back to a proper Wildcat?

 

[Viking1066]

Was this plane converted back to a proper Wildcat?

F4F-3S Variant: A distinct, rarely mentioned variant was the F4F-3S "Wildcatfish," which was a floatplane version developed from the F4F-3, but the results do not mention it being converted back into a standard fighter, focusing instead on its specialized design.

 

[Lucky13]

HMS Emperor rolls heavily in nasty North Atlantic Weather. Four Hellcats are lashed securely with their engines and
cockpits covered in tarpaulins to avoid sea water getting into the important bits. This looks to be a right miserable
scenario when no one in their right mind should be out on this slippery deck, yet a sailor can be seen checking tie downs
on the Hellcat on the left, with possibly a second man at the tail of the fighter.

Photo: Imperial War Museum

During her short military career, HMS Emperor saw action in some seriously varied climates, from sweltering Ceylon to
Arctic waters off the Norwegian and Barents Seas. She was deployed in March of 1944 along with sister carriers
HMS Searcher, Pursuer and Fencer to defend a Russian convoy and to attack the German battleship Tirpitz holed up deep
in a Norwegian fjord well above the Arctic Circle (Operation TUNGSTEN). Here we see Hellcats warmed up and ready to
launch in some very inhospitable weather.

Photo: Imperial War Museum

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Lucky13]

Source: HMS Emperor

 

[SaparotRob]

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Source: HMS Emperor

Yikes!

 

[Viking1066]

Messerschmitt Me 323 "Gigant" PEPO

 

[Viking1066]

The Loire 70 was a French long-range maritime reconnaissance and patrol flying boat developed in the mid-1930s PEPO

 

[Lucky13]

The Bristol XLRQ was a 12-seat amphibious glider of the Bristol Aeronautical Corporation, New Haven, Connecticut (USA),
developed for the United States Marine Corps in 1942-43. Only two prototypes were built.

Source: Nevington War Museum

 

[Viking1066]

61-7973 with 60-6924 and 56-6721 Palmdale USAF Plant 42 2016 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

The Netherlands navy and the Netherlands East Indies air force received two Pander Ds each, although these small single-seat planes were of little military value AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Chōkai anchored at Truk 20 November 1943 with the Yamato in the background. She carries a floatplane MODE

 

[Viking1066]

Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp Bethpage Long Island New York 1941 ASBIZ

 

[Lucky13]

Brewster Buffalos of 67 Squadron in Burma 243....

Late 1941. Twelve Brewster Buffalo Mark I fighters of No. 243 Squadron RAF, based at Kallang....