MIflyer
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F4F being serviced on the USS Ranger during Operation Torch.
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Are you sure about Ranger ?
Squadron VGF 29 is reported on USS Santee (CVE 29) from october 42 to june 1943, before being redesignated VF-29 on same carrier on august 1943 up to december 1943.
On october 1944, it was then assigned to USS Cabot (CVL 28), flying F6F5.
USS Ranger fighter squadron was VF-9 for Torch with 9-F marking
The picture must pre date october 1942 as the roundel does not have the typical operation Torch yellow surrounding.
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MIflyer
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I wondered about that myself. The caption said that unit designation was assigned to the new escort carriers but that particular event was aboard Ranger. To me, the deck looks too small to be Santee.
Ranger a deck full of P-40F and they did not seem to have the yellow surround either.
If I may .. the pic with the P-40s like a couple of others are dated in the January/February 1943 though. And indeed the P-40s didn't have the yellow outlines around the US Stars. Contrary to that the colour image with the F4Fs on the deck of the USS Ranger is date on the Autumn 1942. The code is 9F as it was mentioned above. However also no the yellow ring around the US Star. The carshed F4F of the squadron on the USS Ranger deck is dated on the 25 August 1942. Also no outlined marking. But in October and the November the VF-9 F4Fs appear to already have the fuselage US national marking with the yellow outline.
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the pic source: https://www.historynet.com/curtiss-...iis-most-famous-fighters/curtiss-p-40f-torch/
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the pic source: https://www.historynet.com/curtiss-...iis-most-famous-fighters/curtiss-p-40f-torch/
special ed
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A quick note: The P-40Fs were to have the U.S. flag insignia installed with the stars to the front, but as usual a few got it wrong. Pic 5.
Viking1066
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TBF-1 (BuNo.00380) of VT-8 at NAS Norfolk 1942 NMNA
Viking1066
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The 6th Pursuit Squadron at Wheeler Field, Hawaii, circa 1935. The 6th Pursuit (later Night Fighter) Squadron was inactivated in 1947 JIVE
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Great shots.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
How did that chopper lift that large a weight of brass balls?
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Nice shots!
Viking1066
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F13C is shown in monoplane (high wing) form as the XF13C-1, 13 April 1934 HERF
Viking1066
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F9C-2 Sparrowhawk BuNo 9056 fighter that operated from rigid airships, 02 May 1932 FLIK
Viking1066
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Flight operations on the aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20) on 20 October 1944 in the Atlantic Ocean WIKI
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
A Bf 110C after a crash-landing by pilot Oblt. Hermann Weeber on September 4, 1940, at Cousley
Wood in Sussex. Kill markings are those of the unit CO, Erich Groth, whose plane he is borrowing.
Wood in Sussex. Kill markings are those of the unit CO, Erich Groth, whose plane he is borrowing.
Good shots!
Zippythehog
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So, just as well Weeber didn't have to give account to the CO as to the condition of the machine.
Viking1066
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Aichi D#A1 of the 33rd Ku at Surabaya Java summer 1942 REDD
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armed J8M with one of its pair of 30mm type 5 cannons protruding from the wing root. This would have been the production configuration for the Navy's J8M, a close copy of the Me 163B INHG
