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Three N3N aircraft in flight over NAS Glenview, Illinois early 1940s WW2B
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SaparotRob
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I never knew the N3N was nicknamed "Canary".
I have seen it dubbed the Yellow Peril.
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A Lockheed Hudson bomber takes off from its Royal Air Force Coastal Command base, May 23, 1941, to meet a convoy off the English coast. The plane was donated to the R.A.F. by employees of the Lockheed-Vega Aircraft Corporation, California.
Note the sign on it "Spirit of Locheed-Vega Employees"
Note the sign on it "Spirit of Locheed-Vega Employees"
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Three Supermarine Spitfire Mark Is of No 501 Squadron RAF based at Colerne, Wiltshire, flying in line astern, 23 May 1941. (Woodbine, G.
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A two seat Spitfire?
Spitfire Mk Vb, RAF 92 Squadron, Flight Officer Alan Wright, RAF Biggin Hill, May 1941.
Spitfire Mk Vb, RAF 92 Squadron, Flight Officer Alan Wright, RAF Biggin Hill, May 1941.
I know you copied the pic caption but it is incorrect. These Spitfires of No. 501 Squadron are the Mk.IIa. The leading Spitfire is of the serial P7378 what indicates it clearly. What is more the P7378 has the small bulge of the drop-shape just behind the spinner slightly above the panel lines between the bottom engine cowling and the side plate. The Mk.I/Ia didn't have it there. The next two kites seem to have it there as well. The No.501 Squadron used the Mk.IIa between the May and December 1941.
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That makes more sense! Thanks.
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"Yellow Peril" was a generic nickname for all Navy primary trainers (which were all painted overall yellow for visibility). "Canary" SEEMS to be an unofficial nickname for the N3N specifically. I can't prove it, but I believe that the nickname was not commonly used during World War II, but was a postwar sobriquet given by aviation "historians." I believe the N3N was officially "nameless." Corrections welcome!
SaparotRob
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I had thought "Yellow Peril" was official so I was surprised by Canary. I never knew "Yellow Peril" was a generic nickname for all USN trainers. I suppose then "Canary" is as official as "Long Lance" has become for the type 93 torpedo?
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USS ENTERPRISE CV-6 Pearl Harbor F3F-2's; SBC-3's; BT-I's and TBD-l's line her flight deck 1940 USNF
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SB2U- 2 (BuNo1342) of VB-3 at NAS North Island August 1939 later assigned to the USS Saratoga SWIS
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Sailors line the edge of the flight deck on the bow of USS Lexington (CV 2) as the carrier passes through the Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal 1928 FACB
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Am guessing that she's off Lahaina in this image ..... that backdrop looks very West Maui-ish. Of course, I could be completely wrong....
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Training Squadron 17 lining up for their graduation photo at the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi circa 1942 WW2B
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USS Missouri launching an OS2U Kingfisher circa Aug 1944 WW2B
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USS Washington BB-56 HMS Victorious Scapa Flow April 1942 FACB
