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CV-5 Shoots Down Attacking Fighters: Eight of the dive bombers were quickly dispatched by the Wildcat defensive screen and another two by flak but the accompanying top cover of Zeros were able to keep the F4Fs occupied enough to allow a handful of Vals to unleash their bombs against the wildly maneuvering Yorktown.
 
TheArtOfFlight said:
USS IOWA (BB-61) Fires 16-inch guns. Im not entirely convinced of the authenticity of this pic. Can anyone help......?
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authenticity in what regard? The amount of muzzle blast and color seem consistent with a number of other pictures, given that only a few other pictures have all 9 guns firing at once (or as close as the firing sequence allows, there was often an electrical delay to keep the projectiles a short distance apart in flight).

just google " USS IOWA (BB-61) Fires 16-inch guns "

If not authentic then an awful lot of pictures have been retouched in a pretty consistent way.
Or are you wondering if the ship is really the Iowa and not the New Jersey or....?
 
TheArtOfFlight said:
Unfortunately thanks to some seriously bizarre decisions, such as shortening the wingspan so it could fit into existing hangers
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The wings were not shortened to fit the hangar doors, 4 engine bombers were meant to be serviced outdoors and the standard RAF Bomber Command hangar doors were either 112 or 130 feet wide depending on design. The other 4 engine 1936 design the Supermarine 317 also had a wingspan of 100ft as did the Handley Page Halifax which started as a twin engine medium but was changed to a four engine heavy at the design stage. The 100ft wing was a requirement of the original specification supposedly to keep size and weight down.
 
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