MiTasol
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Definitely a Spitfire but I do not know which Mark.
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Definitely a Spitfire but I do not know which Mark.
G2*A, notice the thick doublers along the longeron. Early Spit repaired or modified?
| G2 | No. 19 Group Communication Flight RAF | 19 Gp Comm Flt |
No. 19 Group RAF - Wikipedia
Elvis
1st Sergeant
That's kinda funny, because in the 1970's, there was a guy in Alaska who was repurposing Interstate Cadet/L-6 Grasshopper's into bush planes. He called those planes Arctic Tern.
G2*A, notice the thick doublers along the longeron. Early Spit repaired or modified?
G2 No. 19 Group Communication Flight RAF 19 Gp Comm Flt
No. 19 Group RAF - Wikipedia
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I found the pic but of large size. The caption says : wren-peggy-swain-from-cuckfield-sussex-works-as-an-armourer-on-a-naval-seafire-aircraft-at-royal-naval-air-station-henstridge-in-may-1945-2X1NAD0
Viking1066
Brigadier General
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Martlets and Seafires ready for launch as the HMS Formidable turns into the wind INHG
Viking1066
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SNJ-4 Texans in flight near NAS Alameda, CA, circa November 1942 FACB
Viking1066
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T4M assigned to VT-1S pictured on the flight deck of USS Lexington (CV 3) 1928 FACB
Yes. The photo confirms that this Peggy Swain is indeed very charming - but the compliment comes a little late ! - and also that the Spitfire's structure mixes flush riveted areas and others where they are really very prominent.
From Wikipedia Seafire notice :
" It was soon discovered that the fuselage, especially around hatches, was too weak for carrier operations. In an attempt to alleviate this condition, reinforcing strips were riveted around hatch openings and along the main fuselage longerons."
Source : Bachelor, Len. Supermarine Seafires (Merlins). Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1971.
Viking1066
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Poland received 110 Potez XV A2 reconnaissance aircraft and XV B2 light bombers from France. Another 100 A2s were built by Plage i Laśkiewicz and 35 by PWS 1935 AIRH
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Short Singapore flying boats if No.5 Sqn RNZAF Fiji 1942 REDD
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The TBF-1 Avenger entered squadron service with Torpedo Squadron (VT) 8 at NAS Norfolk 1942 FACB
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Were one of these (I think there's TBF behind 8-T-1) the other sole survivor of VT-8?
cammerjeff
Tech Sergeant
Part of VT-8 were the TBF's that flew from Midway before the rest of the squadron still equipped TBD's attacked and were shot down. I think that is what Rob is saying. Only 1 of the new TBF's made it back,
I missed the word OTHER (sole survivor) in the post above. Mea culpa!
Viking1066
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USS Long Island (AVG-1) underway on 8 July 1941, with two F2A Brewster Buffalo fighters parked at the forward end of her flight deck LASS
MIflyer
Captain
The VT-8 TBF that made it back to Midway.
