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Warspite63
Staff Sergeant
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- Dec 8, 2022
An elegant aircraft....
Viking1066
Major
Aichu E13A1a from "Yokosuka" Kokutai ALTH
Viking1066
Major
An Okha 43 K-1 flying bomb trainer with a Ki-67 behind on the USS Core being taken to the United States for testing WINS
Zippythehog
Staff Sergeant
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- Jan 7, 2017
He has a look of grim determination. I think he had a good understanding of the hazards of rotary wing flight.
Viking1066
Major
Ki-56 Type Ro transport aircraft ALTH
Viking1066
Major
Douglas L2D2s assembled at the Nakajima plant in Koizumi ALTH
special ed
1st Lieutenant
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- May 13, 2018
Appears the Lockheed logo still on fin.
MIflyer
Captain
A rather obvious copy of the Lockheed Super Electra. When the RAF fighter pilots defending Singapore took off and sighted a flight of those, they said, "Ha! Those are Hudsons! No problem!"
But in fact they were carrying Japanese paratroops that took over the airfield.
MIflyer
Captain
Hawk 75O of the Argentine Air Force. They bought 30 of them from Curtiss, secured a license, and built 200 more, giving them the most potent air force in Latin America. That no doubt was why some of the Hawk 75's ordered by France were supplied Lend Lease to Peru.
Too bad nobody went down there and bought some of the 75O's when the Argentines phased them out in the 1950's. That would be one really neat airplane to have.
Too bad nobody went down there and bought some of the 75O's when the Argentines phased them out in the 1950's. That would be one really neat airplane to have.
Viking1066
Major
A formation of U.S. Navy Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Squadron Six (VT-6) operating in the Pacific off the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) WIKI
cammerjeff
Staff Sergeant
They were in fact Licensed built by the Japanese, just like they did with the DC-3.
Viking1066
Major
Fiat BR.20 98th Sentai 2 chutai Manchuria summer 1938 ASBIZ
MIflyer
Captain
Note how the canopies are all open. It was said that the TBD could do one thing better than any other carrier aircraft: Fly Slow. This actually proved to be useful at Midway, since it could be a very hard target for a Zero to get good sight picture on. Fly slow and throw in little crab.
It did not : 41 launched, 6 survivors, 0 torpedo hit.
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
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Greg Boeser
1st Lieutenant
There was a common belief that slow aircraft would be harder to hit by fast flying aircraft. It was a belief that died hard.
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
And how did that turn out at Midway?
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syscom3
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syscom3
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The Atlantic Clipper is being loaded with 1,810 pounds of American Red Cross surgical dressing and medicine destined for the French war front, before its
departure from New York on May 22, 1940. The supplies were consigned to the French Red Cross by way of the American legation at Lisbon. Placing Red
Cross stickers on the packages left to right are Elin Hart, Polly Pope and Ruth Sternberg, nurses.
departure from New York on May 22, 1940. The supplies were consigned to the French Red Cross by way of the American legation at Lisbon. Placing Red
Cross stickers on the packages left to right are Elin Hart, Polly Pope and Ruth Sternberg, nurses.
