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[Viking1066]

Supermarine Walrus amphibian airplane being launched from the catapult deck of HMS Bermuda ASBIZ

 

[Viking1066]

Yorktown SBD from Scouting Five showing details of the overall gray scheme INHG

 

[Viking1066]

WASPs at Camp Davis in Onslow County OURS

 

[Viking1066]

Supermarine Seafire Mk.IIC MB182 HMS Formidable July 1943 during the invasion of Sicily DEST

 

[Viking1066]

WASPS 3 TEXA

 

[Viking1066]

A formation of USMC SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers on a transfer flight between Pearl Harbor and Midway Island, 1942 INHG

 

[SaparotRob]

Supermarine Seafire Mk.IIC MB182 HMS Formidable July 1943 during the invasion of Sicily DEST
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Nelson and Rodney! Cool.

 

[syscom3]

His Majesty King George VI, confers the D.F.C. & Bar to D.F.M on Flight Lieutenant Alland at an
RAF fighter station, 16 January 1941

 

[Viking1066]

Curtiss P-40B-C Warhawk and P-40CU - Tomahawk / Kittyhawk ASBIZ

 

[Zippythehog]

A formation of USMC SBD-3 Dauntless dive bombers on a transfer flight between Pearl Harbor and Midway Island, 1942 INHG
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Wartime censor on the "4" of the tail?

 

[CATCH 22]

Wartime censor on the "4" of the tail?

AFAIK newly applied markings with the number in unit only over fresh paint. Previously they might have had the letter S (scout).....or B(Bomber).

 

[Viking1066]

A nice detail shot of the main landing gear being inspected, another example of an aircraft assigned to a training command INHG

 

[Viking1066]

WASPs 2 TEXA

 

[Viking1066]

Strike force of Avengers from HMS Formidable's 848 NAS heading inland for an strike July 1945 SAFO

 

[syscom3]

A Spitfire PR Mk XI of the 7th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 12 September 1944

 

[Viking1066]

Dauntless "C46' from the stateside training command INHG

 

[mjfur]

A Spitfire PR Mk XI of the 7th Photo Reconnaissance Group, 12 September 1944

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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie3SrjLlcUY

 

[Viking1066]

An O2U-1 of VO-3S off the light cruiser USS Trenton (CL 1) in flight In flight during maneuvers off Cuba, circa 1928 FACB

 

[Viking1066]

SBD-1s of Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 132 (VMSB-132) operating from Quantico Virginia in 1941

 

[Viking1066]

Groupe de Chasse I/7 was based at Rayak, Lebanon, early in 1940 with 26 MS.406 fighters AIRH