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A formation of USMC SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers on a transfer flight between Pearl Harbor and Midway Island, 1942 INHG
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WASP Dorothy Britt LEGA
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One of the Navy's first war heroes, LT Edward "Butch" O'Hare poses in his flight gear in front of a Wildcat. He shot down G4M1s attacking USS Lexington 1942 INHG
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A recently assembled American built Grumman Martlet I fighter aircraft parked on an apron at a Ministry of Aircraft Production
aerodrome near Bath, England during World War II on 7th February 1941. The Grumman Martlet carrier based aircraft (also
known as a Grumman F4F Wildcat) has completed its final assembly at the aerodrome prior to being delivered to the Royal
Navy Fleet Air Arm for combat duty.
aerodrome near Bath, England during World War II on 7th February 1941. The Grumman Martlet carrier based aircraft (also
known as a Grumman F4F Wildcat) has completed its final assembly at the aerodrome prior to being delivered to the Royal
Navy Fleet Air Arm for combat duty.
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Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers crowd the deck of USS Enterprise, 1941 LIFE
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Douglas TBD-1 Devastator VT-6 USS Enterprise (CV-6) September 1940 AIRH
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Fokkers of the Dutch navy at De Kooy airfield. Z-1 through Z-6 had been delivered as C.VW floatplanes, hence the North Sea grey finish of the C.V fleet. Some D.VII fighters and S.III trainers can also be seen AIRH
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Bristol Blenheim Mark Is of RAF No. 62 Squadron at Tengah Airfield, Singapore, before flying north
to their new base at Alor Star, in northern Malaya. Photo taken 8 February 1941
to their new base at Alor Star, in northern Malaya. Photo taken 8 February 1941
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A Westland Whirlwind (this is the first prototype, L6844) gets its first confirmed kill today. February 8, 1941.
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I'm glad that I would've been (I hope, at 5'10) too tall for that....thing!
Nice shots!
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Formation of Wildcats in the Atlantic ASW Scheme I of Dark Gull Gray upper surfaces and Light Gull Gray sides over White undersurfaces INHG
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U.S. Navy PBM of Fleet Air Wing 6 is hoisted aboard the seaplane tender USS Curtiss (AV-4) after a mine-hunting patrol off North Korea during the Korean War WIKI
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The FAA operated the Avenger in the Pacific INHG
The above modification of the PBM was called S2 or in full PBM-5S2. Even if the front and the tail turrets are the same as those on PBM-5 and not like the simplified ones on the S-variants, the missing dorsal turret (should be behind that open hatch) points towards the S2-modification, widely used during the Korean war. And below a "regular" PBM-5 with the second turret:
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TBM Avenger (foreground) and SB2C Helldivers of the USS Essex (CV 9) overfly Mt. Fuji during an air strike in Japan July 1945 FACB
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USS Kwajalein (CVE 98) en route across the Pacific with F4U Corsairs packed on her flight deck 1944 FACB
