Picture of the day. (30 Viewers)

[Viking1066]

U.S. Navy Martin PBM-3C Mariners of Patrol Squadron 201 (VP-201) at Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida (USA), on 13 January 1943 WIKI

 

[CATCH 22]

U.S. Navy Martin PBM-3C Mariners of Patrol Squadron 201 (VP-201) at Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida (USA), on 13 January 1943 WIKI

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Note the single gun in the nose turret. Later production models of the same variant (C/D) had twin-guns (as seen below).

Those early models had a single gun in the tail as well vs. twin-guns in a rotating turret in the later production.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Note the single gun in the nose turret. Later production models of the same variant (C/D) had twin-guns.
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Those early models had a single gun in the tail as well vs. twin-guns in a rotating turret in the later production.
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I count two guns in the nose.

 

[SaparotRob]

Skuas of 806 NAS are shown above RNAS Eastleigh in 1940 SEAF
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I never actually liked the Skua but the pic is pretty cool.

 

[CATCH 22]

I count two guns in the nose.

I was talking of the photo in the post I quoted - check the post above mine. Here's a zoom-in with the nose turret with a single gun.

The a/c with the twin guns is for comparison (as described in the second part of my first sentence).
Attached is a short video of the above mentioned single-gun-turret in motion.
Cheers!

 

[MIflyer]

You don't walk on wings with stiletto heels, d'uh.

I should hope not, but.....

 

[Viking1066]

Ranging Corsairs on board HMS Formidable July 1944 DEST

 

[Viking1066]

RAF Spitfire V takes off from the USS Wasp (CV-7) May 1942 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Parnall Prawn S1576 FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

Parnall Plover N162 with close-cowled AS Jaguar engine, as a floatplane FLIK

 

[Viking1066]

North African front, Walrus Keeps watch over an hospital ship with Force H, 12-14 January 1943, Mers-el-Kebir NAVA

 

[Greg Boeser]

I was talking of the photo in the post I quoted - check the post above mine. Here's a zoom-in with the nose turret with a single gun.
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The a/c with the twin guns is for comparison (as described in the second part of my first sentence).
Attached is a short video of the above mentioned single-gun-turret in motion.
Cheers!

Got it! Thanks.

 

[Viking1066]

Martin JRM Mars REDD

 

[Viking1066]

Marine SBD-5s roll out for a raid on Mili Atoll on August 1944 NMNA

 

[CATCH 22]

Parnall Prawn S1576 FLIK

One needs an explanatory photo to see how this a/c takes off.
But I still ask myself: did this thing fly? With that fan for a propeller?

 

[Viking1066]

Martin B-12 at March Field, California, 1935 WIKI

 

[Viking1066]

Osprey is shown on board Ark Royal in 1939 HERF

 

[Viking1066]

Photographed at Hvalfjord (Iceland) on 4 October 1941 by a US warship, the armoured carrier Victorious shows her initial radar equipment HERF

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[Bretoal2]

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One needs an explanatory photo to see how this a/c takes off.
But I still ask myself: did this thing fly? With that fan for a propeller?

A small, high-revving propeller can do the job. Not as well as a large, slow-turning one, but still manageable—and probably just enough to get the aircraft airborne and stable.

As a reminder, some Dornier seaplanes also featured movable propeller shafts.