Viking1066
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The Navy's three aircraft carriers docked at the Navy Yard circa 1930. Ships are, from front USS LANGLEY (CV-1), USS SARATOGA (CV-3), and LEXINGTON (CV-2) HISN
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Viking1066
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USS Saratoga and USS Lexington Diamondhead, Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, in February 1932 HISN
Viking1066
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Vought O3U-2 Corsair On board USS SARATOGA (CV-3) after suffering a landing gear collapse, during the early 1930s. Plane is a unit of Anti-Submarine Squadron 2 (VS-2) HISN
MIflyer
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Obviously, these are Vought Vindicators but I assume that they are USMC.
VT-8 was equipped with Vindicators before being reequipped with TBD.
VT-8 was equipped with Vindicators before being reequipped with TBD.
Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
Aboard Ranger (CV-4) Scouting 42.
Nice shots!
Viking1066
Major
Aleutian hillside covered in tents overlooking a flooded maintenance area INHG
Viking1066
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American airmen posing with the "teardrop turret" of a B-17B Flying Fortress, early 1940s WWAI
Viking1066
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B-17E modified XC-108A with a cargo door REDD
Not the USMC but navy VS-41 and VS-42 judging by the markings. S stands for "scouting". USN usually had 1 or 2 scout squadrons and the rest were torpedo squadrons (on the same ship). AFAIR VS-41 became VB-41 and VS-42 became VB-42 in 1943.
Viking1066
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B-24H Liberator 8AF 467BG790BS Q2M Witchcraft ASBIZ
Viking1066
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B-24J Liberator 8AF 453BG734BS E8D bar pathfinder Liberator with 445BG EEN and 453BG E9M ASBIZ
Good shots!
Viking1066
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P-51D Mustangs of the 531st Fighter Squadron lined up at South Field, Iwo Jima, Mar 25, 1945 REDD
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P-61 Black Widow of the 548th NFS 'Coopers Snooper' REDD
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P-61 Black Widows being delivered in the Pacific REDD
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P-70 Havoc 7th AF 6th NFS "Dusty" at Townsville, Australia 1943 REDD
Warspite63
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Always jealous of the USN, the Army decided it needed its own carriers. Take-off was rather challenging ... landing-on was more so...... P-38 pilots were not impressed......
