cammerjeff
Staff Sergeant
That picture was taken about 5 miles from my house, Henry Ford Jr doesn't look to comfortable on that old Clark Tugger.
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That picture was taken about 5 miles from my house, Henry Ford Jr doesn't look to comfortable on that old Clark Tugger.Henry Ford II on the tug as the last B-24 Liberator comes off the assembly line at Willow
Run. June 28 1945.
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Henry Ford II on the tug as the last B-24 Liberator comes off the assembly line at Willow
Run. June 28 1945.
What is the aircraft? If I had to guess Wellington?Discussion before take-off for Narvik on 12 April 1940. L-R: LAC Edwin Williams, Wireless
Operator; F/L Aubrey Breckon 1st Pilot; Lieutenant Commander Howie, R.N.; Sgt Robert Hughes
Navigator, P/O Donald Harkness, 2nd Pilot, and AC Thomas Mumby, Gunner Observer.
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VMO-151 was still flying SBCs in Samoa into 1943.Hard to believe they were still flying the Grumman F2F biplane in 1939 but it stands to reason since the F4F Wildcat did not go into service until 1940. But to be fair, the British were still using the Fairey Swordfish torpedo biplane against the Bismark in May 1941.
They were still using them and I believe the Albacore at the end of the war.Hard to believe they were still flying the Grumman F2F biplane in 1939 but it stands to reason since the F4F Wildcat did not go into service until 1940. But to be fair, the British were still using the Fairey Swordfish torpedo biplane against the Bismark in May 1941.
Hard to believe they were still flying the Grumman F2F biplane in 1939 but it stands to reason since the F4F Wildcat did not go into service until 1940. But to be fair, the British were still using the Fairey Swordfish torpedo biplane against the Bismark in May 1941.
No, it was not. I only made the comparison to show that Britain employed a biplane even later than the US Navy.The Swordfish was not the front line navy fighter though.
While true that the FAA did use the Swordfish till the end of WW2 in CVEs, it was for a very specific role in ASW in the north atlantic, capable of delivering a heavy punch with RP and guided by onboard ASV radar.No, it was not. I only made the comparison to show that Britain employed a biplane even later than the US Navy.
That's the feared Bockausruestung.