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[CATCH 22]

Lancers galore:

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[Wurger]

 

[Viking1066]

Supermarine Walrus I parked on catapults in HMS Exeter, 1930s NAVA

 

[Viking1066]

This aircraft wore camouflage but carried Orange Yellow upper wing surfaces, as can also be seen displayed on the aircraft in the background INHG

 

[Viking1066]

US Navy OS2U Kingfishers after landing after a scouting mission in the North Atlantic, 2 Feb 1943; note squadron canine mascot 'Slipstream' at right WW2B

 

[syscom3]

An RAF Fairey Gordon bomber over Iraq operating out of RAF Habbaniya, in Iraq, April 1941.

 

[Count de Bastrop]

An RAF Fairey Gordon bomber over Iraq operating out of RAF Habbaniya, in Iraq, April 1941.

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Definitely not a Gordon. Hawker Audax, methinks?

 

[Viking1066]

The Osprey was the navalised carrier-borne version of the Hawker Hart, performing in the fighter and reconnaissance roles PEPO

 

[Viking1066]

A maintenance crew at work on a Supermarine Seafire at RNAS Daedalus Lee-on Solent with Barracudas and Grumman Martlet PEPO

 

[Viking1066]

An SNJ-3 Texan of Marine Air Group 11 flying over Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides October 1943 WW2B

 

[Viking1066]

B-18 Bolo bomber port wing with low-drag experimental panel, Langley Field Jan 1941 note P-43 Lancer fighter in background WW2B

 

[syscom3]

Outside the Glenn L. Martin plant in Baltimore on the 3rd of April 1941, early model B-26 Marauders are parked outside. The metallic-finish B-26 Marauder ('15') in the back was assigned to the 22nd Bomb Group.

 

[Viking1066]

A French Levasseur PL.101 carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft sits on the lift of the French carrier Béarn in the early 1930 FACB

 

[Viking1066]

A Short Sunderland flying boat patrols over a convoy carrying troops from Canada to the United Kingdom during the summer of 1940 FACB

 

[Viking1066]

Wheeler Field graveyard (Waieli Gulch airstrip) 4 April 1945. Photo 2 of 2 WW2B

 

[Count de Bastrop]

B-18 Bolo bomber port wing with low-drag experimental panel, Langley Field Jan 1941 note P-43 Lancer fighter in background WW2B
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Minor correction: Seversky XP-41 fighter in the background

 

[Wurger]

Minor correction: Seversky XP-41 fighter in the background

Where do you see them? I can see the P-61, P-38, B-24 and the Douglas SBD Dauntless and SNJ AT-6. No XP-41 .... IMHO.

 

[Greg Boeser]

Where do you see them? I can see the P-61, P-38, B-24 and the Douglas SBD Dauntless and SNJ AT-6. No XP-41 .... IMHO.

Wrong photo.

 

[Wurger]

Wrong photo.

Oh .. I see. Not sure why but I was moved to the incorrect post. So all is correct then.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!