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[Viking1066]

USS BLOCK ISLAND (CVE-21) Arrives in Belfast, Ulster, with P-47 fighters on 7 September 1943 the net

 

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U.S. Navy PBY-5A Catalina photo 2 the net

 

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USS Lexington underway while recovering aircraft late 1930s the net

 

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A Vought Kingfisher OS2U-3 (shown at another time) runs into trouble on 12 October 1941 during
a ferry flight from NAS New York to NAS San Diego. After hitting a tree in the Chiricahua Mountains,
Arizona, the seaplane crashes, killing Pilot Sgt. McMahon. A passenger is thrown clear and survives.
There is still debris at the crash site.

 

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Buffalo Mark I fighters of Nos. 21 and 453 Squadrons RAAF being inspected by RAF personnel, Sembawang airfield, Singapore,
12 October 1941.

 

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Italian torpedo bomber Savoia-Marchetti SM79 ready to take off, World War II, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year LXVIII, No 41,
October 12, 1941.

 

[Greg Boeser]

A Vought Kingfisher OS2U-3 (shown at another time) runs into trouble on 12 October 1941 during
a ferry flight from NAS New York to NAS San Diego. After hitting a tree in the Chiricahua Mountains,
Arizona, the seaplane crashes, killing Pilot Sgt. McMahon. A passenger is thrown clear and survives.
There is still debris at the crash site.

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Date can't be right. Unless the plane was entirely rebuilt and put back in service. This appears to have star and bar with red border which means mid to late '43.

 

[FulmenTheFinn]

5th series (V-sarja) Finnish Bristol Blenheims being produced at the Finnish State Aircraft Factory (Valtion Lentokonetehdas) at Tampere's Härmälä in, judging by the readiness of the aircraft, what looks to be 1943. Photos VL via Jukka Raunio.

 

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Ryan STM Trainers the net

 

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Task Force 38, maneuvering off the Japanese coast, 17 August 1945 the net

 

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The aircraft carriers USS Saratoga (CV 3) (left), USS Lexington (CV 2) (center), and USS Ranger (CV 4) pictured at anchor at an unidentified location, circa 1935 the net

 

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Flight Lieutenants Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane (left) and Keith 'Bluey' Truscott of No 452 Squadron congratulate each other
at Kenley on 13 October 1941. The two flight commanders had just returned from a very successful Circus operation during
which each had shot down two Me109s.

 

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Swordfish on floats of No 701 Catapult Flight, based at Kalafrana Bay in Malta, flying over Gibraltar in 1938 the net

 

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The navy's training aircraft lined up. The occasion may have been a change of command at the naval airfield on 20 October 1938 the net

 

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The PBY with its successor in the Aleutians, the PV-1 Neptune. Both aircraft carry the mid-1943 style national insignia the net

 

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USS Lexington (CV-2) leaving San Diego, California, 14 October 1941, with F2A-1 fighters parked forward, SBD scout-bombers amidships, and TBD-1 torpedo bombers aft.

 

[Greg Boeser]

F2A-3

 

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The PBY with its successor in the Aleutians, the PV-1 Neptune. Both aircraft carry the mid-1943 style national insignia the net
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Sorry to bother you, PV-1 is a Ventura not a Neptune (the latter being a P-2; PV-2 is a Harpoon). This is t earlier type of Ventura with the small windows in the nose:

 

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De Havilland D.H. 86A Express flown to Egypt for use in the North African and later Italian campaigns the net