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[Snautzer01]

Three attacked a convoy, but scored no hits. The Marauder was downed by an Ar 196. Capt. B. W. Young, SAAF, was the only survivor and became a POW.
The RAF used the British Mk XII 18" aerial torpedo. It was slimmer, but longer than the US Mk. XIII. Had a shorter range, but faster speed. Also, it was much more reliable that the US torpedo

I would like to read that report

 

[Snautzer01]

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I bet that poor sod on the hood is whisteling "My Heart Will Go On"

 

[Wurger]

 

[davparlr]

Three attacked a convoy, but scored no hits. The Marauder was downed by an Ar 196. Capt. B. W. Young, SAAF, was the only survivor and became a POW.
The RAF used the British Mk XII 18" aerial torpedo. It was slimmer, but longer than the US Mk. XIII. Had a shorter range, but faster speed. Also, it was much more reliable that the US torpedo

That must have been a lucky encounter (for the German) as the short wing B-26 was a fast aircraft even with the relatively clean topedo (blazingly fast according to the Japanese). Of course it may have caught the B-26 slowing down to drop the torpedo. With two 7.92 mm machine guns and two 20mm cannons, it had the firepower to do the job. Also, training may have been a factor. Attaching a torpedo to an RAF or AAF crewed aircraft without a lot of training would not bode well. Of course, all the training in the world would not help those American torpedoes.

 

[syscom3]

Prototype Douglas XTBD-1 Devastator BuNo 9720 in flight over the Virginia countryside on July 12, 1935.

 

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PBYs of VP-73 return to Reykjavik, Iceland after a patrol, 23 March 1942

 

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[michaelmaltby]

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Republic P-43 Lancer

 

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German ace Hans Marseilles inspects a kill.

 

[syscom3]

A Navy Douglas XJD-1 Invader of Utility Squadron VJ-4 flying out of NAS Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 13 July 1945. The Navy acquired the Douglas A-26 in small numbers, designating them the JD in service.

 

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

#17,221 Holy Crap!

And now it hits you as to why the P-47 was so damn big.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

56th Fighter Group P-47, is that Gabby Gabreski at right? Looks like him.

Yeppers nuuumannn, it is.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

Aftermath of kamikazes v USS Saratoga off Iwo Jima Feb 1945, 123 dead, carrier had to return to port for repair. Note the Hellcat in the foreground has its engine running with no deck crew around. Another hazard for the damage control crew to worry about.

 

[syscom3]

USMC MAG-45 F6F-5N Hellcat and TBM Avenger at Falalop Island on July 14, 1945.

 

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Martin JRM cargo transport seaplane named ''Hawaii Mars'' being inspected by men of the Naval Training School at the Glenn L. Martin plants in Baltimore, July 14, 1945

 

[michaelmaltby]

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