cammerjeff
Staff Sergeant
That picture was taken about 5 miles from my house, Henry Ford Jr doesn't look to comfortable on that old Clark Tugger.
Picture of the day.
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hw97karbine
Airman 1st Class
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This was B-24M Liberator 44-51928 that was flown directly to a storage facility, then later to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation site at Kingman, Arizona, where it was scrapped.
Footage from the June 28th roll out including Henry Ford II signing the aircraft.
hw97karbine
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Stern view of Deutschland-class heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
Discussion before take-off for Narvik on 12 April 1940. L-R: LAC Edwin Williams, Wireless
Operator; F/L Aubrey Breckon 1st Pilot; Lieutenant Commander Howie, R.N.; Sgt Robert Hughes
Navigator, P/O Donald Harkness, 2nd Pilot, and AC Thomas Mumby, Gunner Observer.
Operator; F/L Aubrey Breckon 1st Pilot; Lieutenant Commander Howie, R.N.; Sgt Robert Hughes
Navigator, P/O Donald Harkness, 2nd Pilot, and AC Thomas Mumby, Gunner Observer.
What is the aircraft? If I had to guess Wellington?
Nice shots!
Viking1066
Major
1960 Bell UH-1B-BF Iroquois AF-60-3614 Armed with M60 Machine Guns and Rocket Pods FLIK
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Here we see a group of Grumman F2F-1s from Squadron VF-5 on the deck of USS Yorktown (CV-5) during
Fleet Problem XX of February 1939.
Hard to believe they were still flying the Grumman F2F biplane in 1939 but it stands to reason since the F4F Wildcat did not go into service until 1940. But to be fair, the British were still using the Fairey Swordfish torpedo biplane against the Bismark in May 1941.
The P-51D Mustang "Speedball Alice". This is a 2x1 aspect ratio wide format print which was necessary to accommodate the offset of the fuselage. Sometimes, black and white just works. The title of this image is "Back in Black".
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Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
VMO-151 was still flying SBCs in Samoa into 1943.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Didn't the SOC have a return engagement?
Glider
Major
They were still using them and I believe the Albacore at the end of the war.
MiTasol
Captain
The Swordfish was not the front line navy fighter though.
No, it was not. I only made the comparison to show that Britain employed a biplane even later than the US Navy.
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
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While true that the FAA did use the Swordfish till the end of WW2 in CVEs, it was for a very specific role in ASW in the north atlantic, capable of delivering a heavy punch with RP and guided by onboard ASV radar.
Of course the airplane's slow speed made it possible to takeoff and land on decks that were pitching so violently, other, more "modern," aircraft couldn't even takeoff. With a landing speed was around 40 knots, which meant they practically hovered onboard a carrier that was making 20 knots into a headwind and loitier time of some 4 hours*.
The Avenger carried also ASV & RP for ASW duty but with a landing speed of some 80 knots and some 3 hours of loitier time*.
So in the dark and foggy North Atlantic, for ASW service, with a pitching and rolling deck, with no worry for enemy aircraft, the Swordfish was decidedly a very good option.
*Data from Gemini AI quick search, so apply salt as needed.
hw97karbine
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-oat
Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
That's the feared Bockausruestung.
Very deadly.
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syscom3
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Members of a British Royal Air Force bombing squadron hold thumbs up on April 22, 1940, as they return to home base
from an attack on German warships off Bergen, Norway.
from an attack on German warships off Bergen, Norway.
