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The prototype de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, E0234, outside the Assembly Building, 19 November 1940.
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Royal Air Force ground crew load a Mark XII torpedo with a contact warhead into the bomb bay of a Bristol Beaufort, 25th November 1940.
SaparotRob
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In the third grade, my teacher interrupted my report on book "the Sinking of the Bismarck". She announced to the class that airplanes do not carry torpedoes.
cammerjeff
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She was ahead of her time!
MIflyer
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Interestingly enough, once the USN got some competent people working on their torps, they replaced the ones on the later PT boats with aircraft torpedoes, and did away with the torpedo tubes they used to have on deck. That is why the Revell PT-109 has torpedo tubes while that earlier smaller PT boat kit has the torpedoes just mounted on the deck. And it turned out that the careful tippy-toe style of dropping torpedoes at low speeds and altitudes actually was more likely to damage them, since they belly flopped into the ocean rather than entering it nose first like a bomb.
So in reality airplanes were not only dropping torpedoes but ships were dropping airplane torpedoes, too.
MIflyer
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The P-82 used broad blade Aeroproducts propellers so it was probably those.
Viking1066
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Fairey Albacore of No. 820 NAS on board with another inbound HMS Formidable DEST
Viking1066
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Martin B-10, 25th Bombardment Squadron, Panama Canal Zone WIKI
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Imperial Japanese Army Type 98 light bomber Kawasaki Ki-32 fly for the bombing of Laohekou during the Sino-Japanese
War on November 26, 1940 in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, China.
War on November 26, 1940 in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, China.
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The propeller blades look like they have the Hamilton Standard oval blade decal, not the triangle decal.
MIflyer
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P-51H used an Aeroproducts prop, according to the pilot's handbook. That makes sense because they were trying very hard to get the weight down on the H model and the Aeroproducts prop weighed less than the Ham Standard.
Great photo of the lineup. I guess those are green planes with yellow wings, but not too sure.
Does anybody have the squadron emblem in a bigger photo - I kind of remember we discussed it here years ago maybe?
Great photo of the lineup. I guess those are green planes with yellow wings, but not too sure.
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Does anybody have the squadron emblem in a bigger photo - I kind of remember we discussed it here years ago maybe?
You are right Yves. It was discussed a couple of years ago ... here not of the greatest quality but ...
Thanks, Wojtek! I do remember you were part of that discussion. Didn't I (or somebody else) show that man with the axe in colour, like a design for the emblem? I couldn't find it in my archive so it wasn't me (probably).
Thanks again, Wojtek! YOu are right, it's kind of different on the B-10. Nevertheless the older variant is still very similar. Great info (as usual!)
Thanks again, Wojtek! YOu are right, it's kind of different on the B-10. Nevertheless the older variant is still very similar. Great info (as usual!)
My pleasure.
And I agree.The emblem is really almost the same. The differences are the shape of the ax and the blood spot at it with its drops. Also the size of the belt. It is much wider and seems to be without the buckle. The nose of the guy got the red ( possible ) colour at its ending. And his feet look like being more rounded at the tips.
Viking1066
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Sea Hurricanes at the Canadian Car and Foundry Co. Fort William 1941 RED
Viking1066
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US Navy WAVEs washing SNJ INHG
MiTasol
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Interesting - that wheel appears to have white walls.
