Picture of the Day - Miscellaneous

[cammerjeff]

SBC-3 (BuNo. 0571) of VS-3 from USS Saratoga (CV-3) NMNA
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forgot to quote the picture for my last post

 

[SaparotRob]

I like this Picture, if your squint just a little you can see the Family resemblance to the SB2C that came a few years later

Try using beer goggles.

 

[Airframes]

If I squint really hard, I can see the inside of my eye lids .............

 

[MiTasol]

I need rum goggles and stuffed sinuses to do that.

 

[Viking1066]

TBF-1Cs aboard USS Monterey (CVL-26) Marshalls/Gilberts Campaign December 1943 NAAC

 

[Viking1066]

U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastator (BuNo 0325, "6-T-4") of Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6) from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) making a practice drop with a Mark 13 torpedo on 20 October 1941 WIKI

 

[Capt. Vick]

SBC-3 (BuNo. 0571) of VS-3 from USS Saratoga (CV-3) NMNA
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Wow! It looks so different from this angle. Never realized how far baxk the lower wing was...

 

[CATCH 22]

SBD-4 of the VB-41 and 42 on board the carrier USS Ranger (CV-4) during operations in the Atlantic WWTP

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Interestingly the actual a/c # (in black on the fuselage and in white on the cowl) does not match the white fuselage "battle"# or whatever it was.

 

[Viking1066]

Martin B-10B bomber in flight, 1935 WWAI

 

[Viking1066]

Martin PM-1 '9-P-1' AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

Martin PBM-3S Mariner '6729' Norfolk April 1944-June 1945 AIRH

 

[Viking1066]

The Thai E13As served until 1948 when they were retired. Camouflage and float markings appear to be standard Japanese INHG

 

[Viking1066]

The first monoplane land based bomber of the IJN Hiro G2H1 1933 WYNA

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Viking1066]

Rikkos of the Kanoya Ku at Davao AB on Mindanao January 1942 RECO

 

[Viking1066]

K5Y1 Mineyama Kokutai ALTH

 

[Viking1066]

Nakajima B5N1s of the 14th Hikotai in China 1938-1939 WYNA

 

[Viking1066]

Shoki graduates from Akeno Flying School 1943 RNBE

 

[Viking1066]

Refueling a G4M1 South-West Pacific 1942 KATU

 

[Viking1066]

Radar-equipped E13A1 wears the "Yo" for Yokusuka prefix, which appears to Western eyes as a backwards "E" INHG