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I have had this series in the hard drive for some time.
I don't know the source, either from the net or this forum.
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I have had this series in the hard drive for some time.
I don't know the source, either from the net or this forum.
Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
It was based on an Eye-talian design. Hence the nickname Tony.I forget. Was the Hien the copy of the Mustang or the Bf 109?
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I'd love to get the story on this. I've read about USN personnel getting tours of the I-400s by less then smiling IJN crews. This seems more congenial.
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
Can you move this to the cold war aircraft thread?
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syscom3
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A 3rd Attack Group A-26B after making a belly landing on Okinawa, 11 August 1945. The aircraft had taken damage on a mission over Kyushu
that damaged the hydraulic system
that damaged the hydraulic system
Viking1066
Major
It was late 1945 so I left it.
Warspite63
Staff Sergeant
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Every time I see this I am amazed at the ability of a single-seat Typhoon's cockpit to accommodate obviously ginormous cojones .....
Viking1066
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Catapult Training For FAA Pilots, HMS Pegasus, Lamlash, Scotland September 1942 NAVA
Warspite63
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Great perspective. HMS Pegasus was an interesting vessel: HMS Pegasus, British seaplane carrier, WW"
She gave up her original name when it was applied to a somewhat more impressive ship: HMS Ark Royal
Viking1066
Major
USS Saratoga (CV 60), circa 1935 HISN
While the original "aircraft carrier" Ark Royal might not have been impressive, it served an integral part in the development of naval air power. It was the world's first purpose completed (heavier-than-air, before anyone says "but, the Union forces had a balloon carrier during the Civil War" or something equally irrelevant) aircraft carrying ship, despite being merely a seaplane tender built on the incomplete hull of a merchant ship under construction, and after completion went straight into action during the Dardanelles campaign in early 1915, providing the very first aerial spotting for naval gunfire directed against coastal forts - the dreadnought HMS Queen Elizabeth was the battleship in question for whom Ark's aircraft were spotting after its arrival in the Aegean in February. The Ark's seaplanes had only one radio set and it was removed and installed in each of its aircraft, Sopwith 807 two-seat seaplanes, Wight Navyplanes, a Short 135 and four Sopwith Tabloids, although the small number of aircraft available to the RNAS in-theatre meant that aircraft were shared between the various naval vessels that were able to do so.
Aerial spotting of mines and enemy submarines was also carried out by Ark's aircraft, with reconnaissance duties over the forts and Turkish land positions being conducted until the arrival in the area of land-based RNAS air units. Ark's aircraft also spotted for the battleship HMS Triumph's gunfire against Turkish battleships that threatened Allied shipping in the Aegean, including the Ark itself, which was targetted by the former German battleships in Turkish hands, which resulted in the Turkish vessels hastily withdrawing, again, the first time in history that aircraft were used for gun fire spotting against enemy vessels. During this particular action, one of Ark's Sopwiths dropped a bomb on one of the Turkish battleships, causing no damage to the ship. It's pilot was Edwin Dunning, yep, that Edwin Dunning, who lost his life landing a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious' flying off deck in 1917. So, the Ark, despite its inadequacies, achieved several notable naval aviation firsts. I noticed the wee write-up in the link provided doesn't mention any of this.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Busted.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
It has been my "go to" line since junior high school.
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
Those are not 1945
Viking1066
Major
Warplanes of Japan: War Prizes, USS Barnes (CVE-20), Oct-Nov 1945
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Viking1066
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View from a Mitsubishi G3M2 JAPA
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syscom3
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It was another one of your posts that was modern. Probably a bug in the software.Warplanes of Japan: War Prizes, USS Barnes (CVE-20), Oct-Nov 1945
Harold writes articles on Canadian military history, including Military Parachuting, Warplanes, Armour and Artillery, Castles, Fortifications, Sieges and Battles, Warships, The Cold War, Women in the Canadian Forces, First Nations and Black Canadian Military Service. Each article is supported by...
Viking1066
Major
Yes sir, possible. I lose track. If you see it, let me know. Thanks.
