The USA interwar planes

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Sort of like the Republic Seabee's great grandfather

 

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Martin XP2M-1

 

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Martin XP2M-1

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She's a beaut!

 

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Curtiss-Orenco-D..The earliest designed and built pursuit aircraft delivered, granted a small batch, to the USAAS in 1919. A total of 54 were built by Curtiss who won the contract to by outbidding Orenco. Production machnes were armed with one.30 and one .50 cal mgs. it was powered by a the Wright-Hisso H a US version of the French 300 hp Hispano-Suiza engine/

 

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Firtst Flight of an airplane off of an American Battleship USS Texas 1919, Sopwith Camel

 

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Standard Aircraft Compant-M, Designed as a lightweight "Home Defence" pursuit and powered with US built 100hp Gnome
9-B engine. A total of 97 were built but, by 1919 standards it was considered underpowered with the Gnome 9 engine, resulting in it being used a trainer. Additional trouble with the Gnome 9 resulted in the last 75 being reengined with the 80 hp Le Rhone.

 

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PBY Catalina

 

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U.S. Marine Corps Expeditionary Force, Naval Air Station San Diego, 1931

 

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P-36A 79th Pursuit Squadro, Union Air Terminal, Burbank California, 1938

 

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Curtiss "Eagle" Air Ambulance

 

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Consolidated XBY-1, US Navy "Fleetster"

 

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US Navy Macchi M-16, A-6005, Anacostia Naval Air Station Washington DC

 

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Berliner Joyce OJ-2 from VS-6, Souting Six, Staioned aboard the Battleship USS California. From passing in review to sinking.

 

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US Navy Air Station,Mixed Bag of Vought SB2U's and Northrop BT-1, Great Color information

 

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Berliner Joyce OJ-2 from VS-6, Souting Six, Staioned aboard the Battleship USS California. From passing in review to sinking.
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Hi Flypaper,

Having recently returned to the forum, I was please to see your recent posting on interwar Navy floatplanes. I've recently done a good bit of research on the subject, I've discovered a few things you might enjoy. The photo of California was taken on 31 May 1934 when she was flagship for Battle Force. She carried four Vought O3Us from VO-3 (aircraft 13, 14, and 15) plus the BatFor admiral's flagplane (the Admiral Blue O3U beside the high catapult on Turret 3.

The OJ-2s were light-weight float planes designed for the older Omaha class cruisers, carried from 1933-35. (They suffered in heavy seas and - from your photos - in light seas too!) By 1930 all cruiser aviation was organized in scouting squadrons, but battleship planes still organized in observation squadrons. The smaller Omahas only had room for two aircraft, with 6-S-1 and 6-S-2 assigned to Cruiser Division Three flagship Concord. (You can almost make out the ship name through the squadron commander's red fuselage stripe.) Observation squadrons painted each aircraft's entire tail in a squadron color (True Blue for VO-3), while most cruiser squadrons were distinguished by squadron colored tail bands.

Anyway, thanks for posting the great shots, which I thoroughly enjoyed!

Cheers



Dana

 

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Hello Mr Bell, Danna,
Thank you for noticing my post and adding your expert notes. Big Fan and proud owner of several of your publications. If memory serves me right (and being well beyond my "use by date" I may be wrong) we may have crossed path during one of the several Noreast Cons in upstate NY back in the 70's., along with Steve Zalgo, Art Loder, and Jim Mass.
Well anyway I've enjoyed everything I have from your pen and look forward to more f your work.
Ken Tracy

 

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Hi Flypaper,

Having recently returned to the forum, I was please to see your recent posting on interwar Navy floatplanes. I've recently done a good bit of research on the subject, I've discovered a few things you might enjoy. The photo of California was taken on 31 May 1934 when she was flagship for Battle Force. She carried four Vought O3Us from VO-3 (aircraft 13, 14, and 15) plus the BatFor admiral's flagplane (the Admiral Blue O3U beside the high catapult on Turret 3.

The OJ-2s were light-weight float planes designed for the older Omaha class cruisers, carried from 1933-35. (They suffered in heavy seas and - from your photos - in light seas too!) By 1930 all cruiser aviation was organized in scouting squadrons, but battleship planes still organized in observation squadrons. The smaller Omahas only had room for two aircraft, with 6-S-1 and 6-S-2 assigned to Cruiser Division Three flagship Concord. (You can almost make out the ship name through the squadron commander's red fuselage stripe.) Observation squadrons painted each aircraft's entire tail in a squadron color (True Blue for VO-3), while most cruiser squadrons were distinguished by squadron colored tail bands.

Anyway, thanks for posting the great shots, which I thoroughly enjoyed!

Cheers



Dana

Welcome back.

You HAVE been missed.

 

[Dana Bell]

Thank you gents,

Sorry I was away for so long - my loss. And yes, that was me back in Albany in 1971. I'd been a modeler forever, but those folks gave me my start on archival research and writing!

Cheers,



Dana

 

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Thank you gents,

Sorry I was away for so long - my loss. And yes, that was me back in Albany in 1971. I'd been a modeler forever, but those folks gave me my start on archival research and writing!

Cheers,



I Still have 10/12 copies of "Flight Plan" published by J Mass and the Albany group. Still make for great reading with excellent info.