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[Viking1066]

A Sea Hurricane on an outrigger aboard HMS VICTORIOUS, with HMS SIRIUS, PHOEBE, INDOMITABLE and EAGLE following 1942 ARMO

 

[Viking1066]

Avengers aboard 'USS ROBIN' (HMS VICTORIOUS). Note the square painted on the centre of the flight deck. It was a decoy lift intended to draw the aim of Japanese attacks to the strongest point of the carrier's armoured flight deck ARMO

 

[Frog]

SB2C - Lambert Field US Naval Reserve Air Base, Saint Louis, MO.

 

[Greg Boeser]

'USS ROBIN' (HMS VICTORIOUS) flies off a Martlet. Avengers can be seen in the rear deck park ARMO
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That's definitely an Avenger getting airborne.

 

[Airframes]

Don't think that's clipped wings on the Sea Hurricane, more an optical illusion due to the angle and yellow stripe on the leading edge.
I may be wrong, but I don't think any Hurricanes or Sea Hurricanes ever had clipped wings.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots!

 

[SaparotRob]

Avengers aboard 'USS ROBIN' (HMS VICTORIOUS). Note the square painted on the centre of the flight deck. It was a decoy lift intended to draw the aim of Japanese attacks to the strongest point of the carrier's armoured flight deck ARMO
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Hey! I knew that!

 

[Viking1066]

'USS ROBIN' HMS VICTORIOUS at sea with the battleships, escort and supply ships of Task Force 14 ARMO

 

[Viking1066]

Deck crew position a non-folding Sea Hurricane on HMS INDOMITABLE's large forward lift August 1942 ARMO

 

[Viking1066]

USS Wasp (CV-7) and USS Washington (BB-56) at Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, April 1942 REDD

 

[Viking1066]

USS Mobile preparing to launch a Vought OS2U Kingfisher from her port catapult Oct 1943 Marcus Island raid WW2B

 

[Viking1066]

USS Drayton underway at sea, off the west coast of the US circa Oct 1941 note starboard wing of US Navy SNJ aircraft WW2B

 

[syscom3]

Max Dobislav, who becomes an ace, with his Bf 109E of 8,/JG 27, April 1941.

 

[CATCH 22]

Here's something interesting and not very common: apparently an F4F with an engine cover with painted shark mouth.

 

[MIflyer]

From Flight Journal, a modified USAAF B-24D in the Pacific. Note the bulged out cockpit side windows. While terrible for formation flying in the Pacific the bombers flew in a formation much looser than in the ETO and each bombed separately, typically from around 11000 ft, so the side windows were preferable in that situation.

 

[Viking1066]

TBDs of VT-7 '7-T-7' and '7-T-9' anti-sub patrol Scapa Flow April 1942 DOUG

 

[Viking1066]

Wildcat undergoes maintenance on the hangar deck of USS Enterprise (CV 6) 1941 NNAM

 

[Viking1066]

A close-up showing the bulged deck 'faring' placed about and behind B2 4.5in turret. This may have been to improve aircraft ranging around the accelerator and forward lift. ARMO

 

[Viking1066]

Assembly line Grumman Wildcats and other various types 02 ASBIZ

 

[SaparotRob]

I love stripey tails.