Viking1066
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Wake Island Raid, October 1943. Plane handlers spot SBD for take-off from USS Yorktown (CV-10) on flight to attack Wake Island the net
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Viking1066
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View of the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) with aircraft of Carrier Air Group 5 (CVG-5) warming up, circa in November-December 1943 the net
FulmenTheFinn
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Only the wing was out of wood. Fully loaded the final prototype seems to have weighed 2,536 kg, lighter than a fully loaded Brewster 239 at around 2,660 kg. The Humu also had a more powerful engine, a 1,100 hp Shvetsov M-63, vs. the 1,000 hp Wright R-1820-G5 of the 239. The Finns had problems with the M-63 due to improper settings and low-octane fuel resulting from a lack of documentation. Once documentation was acquired and ethanol added to the fuel, the M-63 consistently gave more power than the G5.
A factory-new 239 with a factory-new engine had a top level-speed of around 495 kmh while for the Humu it likely would've been around 510-520 kmh.
Jukka Raunio (2017): Brewster.
Jukka Raunio (2007): Valtion Lentokonetehtaan Historia, Osa 2.
BW-366 test data 20.5.1940 (Brewster speeds spreadsheet and the sources mentioned there).
Brewster Buffalo MkI NEIAF 2 VLG-V B396 Deibel Java 1942 the net
Not a Buffalo Mk. I (339E) and not in Java in 1942, but a 339C at Roosevelt Field in New York in 1941.
Brewster Buffalo MkI NEIAF 2 VLG-V B3103 Indonesia January 1942 the net
Not a Buffalo Mk. I, but a 339C. According to Jim Maas this is from a ceremony shortly after the arrival of the first Brewsters to the Dutch East Indies in April 1941. The 24 339Cs ordered and delivered were assembled in the East Indies by the Technische Dienst-Technical Service and the first acceptance test flight took place in May. After acceptance the aircraft were turned over to Proefafdeeling Brewsters (Training Squadron Brewsters), which was established on 1 June for pilot familiarisation. On 15 June Afdeeling (Squadron) 2-Vl-G.V was established but remained assigned to Proefafdeeling Brewsters until the end of the month. On 2 July five 339Cs were transferred to 1-Vl.G.V in exchange for Curtiss CW-21Bs but were returned some time later when 1-Vl.G.V received sufficient quantitites of 339Ds. With all that in mind the photo is probably from or around June 1941, and the men in it are probably either from the training squadron or from 2-Vl.G.V.
Brewster Buffalo MkI NEIAF 2 VLG-V B3110 G Deibel Java 1942 the net
Not a Buffalo Mk. I, and not in Java, but a 339C at RAF Kallang in Singapore. The rest of the data is correct.
Richard Dann (2017): Brewster F2A Buffalo, p. 127, 129.
Jim Maas (1987): F2A Buffalo in Action, p. 35.
Nico Braas (2013): Brewster Buffalo, p. 35.
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Greg Boeser
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Following this raid, the Japanese garrison commander, expecting imminent invasion, ordered the execution of 98 US civilian workers, who had been captured in December 1941 and used as forced labor.
MIflyer
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Now, as for an explanation of this curious omission....
Paint on seaplane props takes a serious beating from the spray kicked up, especially during during takeoff. Repainting the props had to be a high priority item to keep them from being eroded and corroded. And given the location of the props, it would be very difficult indeed to walk into the spinning blades, so they probably decided that the blade tip warning markings were a useless complication.
Viking1066
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Supermarine Seafire Mk.IIC MB156 on HMS Formidable DEST
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USS SARATOGA (CV-3) Boeing F3B-1 fighters on flight deck circa 1929-1930 the net
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Redland' planes crossing the Cornish coast to spot the 'Blueland' fleet during an exercise to test the defences of Portsmouth, Portland and Plymouth late 1930s the net
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USS WASP (CV-7) underway in March 1942 the net
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Fighting Squadron (VF) 2 - flying F6C-2 Hawks the net
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Nighttime test firing of a de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito the net
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F4U-2 Corsair night fighters with radar pods on the USS Intrepid 1944 the net
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Douglas C-47 Skytrain Gibraltar North Front 1943 the net
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F-5L flying boat plowing through the water on its takeoff run 1923 the net
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Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster May 1945 the net
The cockpit mockup for this plane was at Charlotte Aircraft when I spent a couple of summer vacations working there in the 1970s. The whole place was torn down and now it's a subdivision. I wonder if anyone thought to preserve that mockup? The only things I saved were an ejection seat from an F-89 and a wall plaque for "Silver Falcon, built by the Glenn L. Martin Company."
I guess the likelihood of getting hit with these props was pretty small.
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syscom3
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8th Pursuit Group pilots scramble to P-39Ds, Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York, November 1941.
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syscom3
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Only a month to go before war. And the giant is stirring.
Lieutenant Colonel A. Robert Ginsburgh addresses workers at Vega Airplane Plant Number 1 (Lockheed), Los Angeles, California,
3 November 1941.
Lieutenant Colonel A. Robert Ginsburgh addresses workers at Vega Airplane Plant Number 1 (Lockheed), Los Angeles, California,
3 November 1941.
